What types of mountain ash do you know?

There are ninety types of mountain ash. Rowan grows in a variety of soils. It can also be seen in the forest-tundra zone, at the edges, it can also grow among shrubs, near various reservoirs and even in the mountains.

Delicious rowan berries are usually consumed immediately after they are harvested, which are bitter berries, they must be frozen or immersed in a prepared boiling liquid, which has the composition of three percent salt and left to boil for three minutes.

Rowan fruits are used for various preparations, usually they are dried, soaked, some cook compotes, make jam and jam, make vinegar, kvass and much more. After the berries have been processed, they have their own interesting taste.

Rowan berries are used in the treatment of various diseases. Dried fruits can be included in the composition of the fees containing vitamins such as a diuretic, or hemostatic and tonic agents.

Rowan berries are used for diseases such as rheumatism, renal colic, hemorrhoids and diseases associated with the stomach, liver and gall bladder. The flowers can be used as a laxative.

Consider several types of mountain ash:

The most popular is considered species - common mountain ash... It grows up to ten meters in height and has large odd-pinnate leaves, below its leaves are gray in color, the outer side of the leaf is green. The shape of the flower resembles a white corolla, about one and a half centimeters in diameter, has a strong aroma.

Flowers bloom at such a mountain ash in early summer. Rowan berries are apple-shaped, up to one and a half centimeters in diameter, the color of the fruits is red-orange, has from two to five seeds, the fruits usually ripen by mid-autumn.

The next rowan of the species elderberry... It grows in the form of a bush, not tall, up to one meter in height, but has berries that are much larger in size and sweeter in taste than ordinary mountain ash. The fruits of this tree are very rich in vitamins. In winter, she is not afraid of frosts. This variety has many subspecies that have even larger and sweeter fruits.

Consider rowan Finnish... This variety of mountain ash reaches a height of six meters, the crown resembles a very wide pyramid, the leaves are in the shape of half a feather. The berries on this mountain ash are slightly elongated, large, red in color, and sweet and sour taste. Also, this mountain ash is resistant to frost and cold, and brings a lot of harvest.

There are also species of red-fruited mountain ash, such as: yellow, red, liqueur, dessert and many others. They are usually obtained from seedlings or hybrids of intergeneric crosses, in which hawthorn, irgu, pear and other trees were used. All these varieties are also very frost-resistant.

Usually, most of the trees of this plant are self-fertile and you have to grow several different varieties of mountain ash on the site in order for them to pollinate and bring an excellent harvest. You can, for example, negotiate with a neighbor on the site and one will plant one variety of rowan, and the second another variety.

But if you still have one type of mountain ash growing on your site, then graft another variety of mountain ash into the crown of your mountain ash.

Berry propagation

Usually mountain ash is propagated by seeds and vegetatively - it can be grafting, layering, root suckers or green cuttings. The method that is considered the fastest and is used more in practice is grafting cuttings on seedlings or grafting buds of varieties - scions.

In order to propagate mountain ash with seeds, the fruits must be collected at the beginning of browning, then grate through a sieve and rinse with water, dry the washed seeds. Then put the dried seeds for storage until sowing, which is to be in the fall, it is important to store the seeds in a moist state.

For planting seeds do not make large grooves in depth, the distance between the grooves of 15 centimeters. The bed should be compacted to one and a half centimeters and sealed with manure. If you decide to sow rowan seeds in the spring, then do it as early as possible.

Choose a well-lit place for planting any type of mountain ash, and the soil needs fertile. You need to take care of the mountain ash as well as any other tree that bears fruit. It is necessary to water it, remove unnecessary weeds, loosen the bud around the tree and cut the tap root system.

Seedlings are usually dug when they are three or four years old, at this age they can be grafted.