The name of this shrub speaks for itself: fragrant raspberries have a unique aroma, and in the old days the culture was bred precisely in order to fill your garden with a fragrance.
For the shape of the leaves, this plant is called raspberry - indeed, the leaves of the bush strikingly resemble maple leaves, and the unusual pink flowers, collected in large brushes, endow this garden plant with decorative qualities.
Fragrant raspberry, by today's standards, a rare, unfairly forgotten culture in summer cottages and garden plots.
And yet, even before the revolution, this plant was successfully bred on lordly and noble estates in those areas of Russia where common raspberries were grown in parallel.
Raspberry vulgaris - a reliable and resistant variety
Raspberry is a deciduous perennial shrub. With good care, timely pruning and sufficient feeding, the height of common raspberry bushes often reaches 2 or more meters.
Almost all varieties have thorns. The leaves of the common raspberry are large, dark green in color.
Common raspberry blooms in the first month of summer with small white flowers. The berries usually ripen in late July or early August. Raspberry fruits are not very large, but fragrant and sweet.
When fruiting and harvesting ends, some of the side branches of the bush may dry out, but the root gives new shoots the next year.
What about the leaves
The unusually large leaves of fragrant raspberries (sometimes reaching a width of 30 cm) have a striking resemblance to the leaves of the Canadian maple: that's why it got its name - raspberry. The leaves are dark green in summer and yellow in autumn. A characteristic feature of leaf blades, pedicels, petioles and young shoots is their pubescence. As a result, at the slightest touch, a powerful release of essential oils occurs, which leads to an increase in the aroma around the plant.
How raspberries reproduce
It is very easy to propagate a common raspberry photo. It reproduces independently by shoots or cuttings with buds. You can use young green branches or not too old lignified branches.
Sometimes it happens that raspberries propagate by seeds from overripe fruits, but this is the most unreliable and time-consuming method.
Description
In nature, rose-leaved raspberry is found in East Asia (even in the Himalayas). It grows in light forests, on gentle mountain slopes and along roads. In some countries (Japan, China, India, the Philippines, etc.) there are industrial plantations where this type of raspberry is grown for berry picking. In Europe, the "miracle berry" is often planted not for the sake of fruit, but as an ornamental deciduous plant.
A low bush with light openwork foliage looks impressive. On my site, its height is about 60 cm. For friends above it is about a meter. Perhaps someday my bushes will be the same too. In the first year, seedlings are undersized, only 20 - 40 cm high and give one berry at a time.
This type of raspberry is prickly.The insidiousness lies in the fact that small needles may not be noticed until they scratch the skin.
During flowering, large white flowers bloom. Later, fruits appear (polystyrene). These are crimson berries emitting inner light. They are often directed towards the sky. It is for its fruits that the amazing type of raspberry is famous.
Raspberry rosacea
How to properly care for raspberries
Raspberry bushes are very unpretentious to care for and do not require much effort and time from their owners. For good yields and easy propagation of the bush from the root, it is better to plant raspberries on loose, non-clay soils.
The main components of caring for raspberries are regular and correct pruning of the bush and providing it with mulch and feeding. Without these components, it is unlikely that it will be possible to achieve a large and stable harvest.
Bushes are partially pruned in the fall, and the main pruning should be done in the spring, when you can see which branches are withered or very old.
Experienced gardeners feed their raspberries with rotted manure, wood ash, small amounts of potassium sulfate and double superphosphate. You can also prepare a useful and economical top dressing from the twigs of other garden bushes and trees, sunflower husks, nettles, dandelions and other weeds.
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Possible diseases and pests of raspberries
With proper care, raspberry bushes practically do not cause trouble to their owners. However, it happens that the disease penetrates the site and begins to infect all plants in a row, including other fruiting shrubs. This is white or purple spot, anthracnose, gray rot.
A beautiful, fruitful and unpretentious common raspberry, with proper care and love, is guaranteed to become a real find and darling on any garden plot.
Plant flowers: what are they
If the raspberry is ordinary, garden, has rather nondescript flowers, then the fragrant raspberry is a completely different matter. Its main advantage is very large inflorescences (up to 5-6 cm in diameter), white or light pink, with a delicious aroma. You can see them as early as the beginning of summer on the second year shoots. On the shoots of the current year (after pruning the branches of last year made in early spring), flowers appear later (in July), but they are larger and brighter. Abundant flowering lasts all summer, right up to autumn frosts.
Photo of common raspberry
Gardeners reviews
Since Tibetan raspberries are often mistakenly positioned as a hybrid of strawberries and raspberries, something more is expected from it than it can actually give. In this regard, the reviews of gardeners about it are very contradictory and often full of disappointments. But true connoisseurs of exoticism, beauty and benefits in plants love and are happy to grow strawberry raspberries.
Larisa, 35 years old, Moscow region Several years ago, an interesting species of raspberry - strawberry or Tibetan - appeared on my site and took root quite well. This overseas visitor is native to the Himalayas and Japan, and is also widespread in South America, where it is an evergreen. But even in my conditions it feels good, grows up to 70 cm and blooms with beautiful white flowers and even bears fruit. The berries are quite edible and have a slightly sweet taste. But the most interesting thing is that when cooking, the finished dish has a subtle but distinct taste and aroma of strawberries, raspberries and even pineapple. The Tibetan raspberry has, however, two drawbacks - it grows too actively and has many thorny thorns. But if you limit it in growth when planting and handle it carefully, then you can put up with these shortcomings. Nina, 41 years old, Leningrad Region Such a miracle as Tibetan raspberries or rose-leaved raspberries appeared in my garden about five years ago. At first, I did not restrict it in any way, and it spread everywhere. Then I dug it out completely - I distributed half of it to friends and acquaintances, and half planted it in old basins and buckets dug on the edge of the garden. Since then, she has not given me any trouble. Raspberry bushes look charming throughout the summer season, when they begin to bloom, and then berries still appear on them. Husband and children are constantly grazing near them, for my taste - nothing special. But the taste of this raspberry can change dramatically if you make compote, jam or liqueur from it. It turns out amazing yummy! After all, there are other berries that are practically inedible when fresh, but great in processing, such as Chinese lemongrass, Japanese quince, and others. But freezing Tibetan raspberries is useless - they do not retain their shape after defrosting.
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Autumn works
Pits for planting are prepared 1.5 months before planting the culture. After digging the soil to the depth of a bayonet and destroying all weeds, add 1 square meter to the ground. meter following components:
- superphosphate - 200-400 g;
- rotted manure - 2-3 buckets;
- potassium sulfate - 100-200 g.
After fertilizing the land, raspberries will not need to be supplemented with phosphorus and potash fertilizers for 5 years. If soil with peat prevails, then 4 buckets of sand are added per 1 sq. meter.
Decorative properties
Summer residents and gardeners, on whose homesteads grows rose-leaved raspberries, have already been able to appreciate its exotic appearance. The peculiarity of the Tibetan berry lies in its simultaneous flowering and fruiting. You can be convinced of the magnificent decorative characteristics of the shrub by looking at its photo. Thanks to this, the shrub is widely used in landscape design.
- The high growth rate and developed root system allows the plant to be used to strengthen the slopes, hide unsightly buildings with the help of dense vegetation.
- Thanks to sharp thorns, raspberry thickets can be used as a reliable defense, preventing strangers and many animals from entering the site.
- Rose-leaved raspberry bushes are easy to shape. Their large snow-white flowers and deep red berries are in perfect harmony with the green background of the vegetation.
- With the help of strawberry raspberry bushes, you can create spectacular decorative compositions, form curbs, decorate alpine slides, rocky gardens, and also zone areas.
- The combination of Chinese berries with conifers looks beautiful.
Summary
Raspberries are not only a deciduous shrub with aromatic berries. The value of the fruit lies in its medicinal properties. It is rich in vitamins and minerals, helps to fight colds, improves immunity.
Especially popular with children. Adults are delighted with exotic varieties - with yellow and orange berries. Yield is not in the last place among the characteristics.
Gardeners prefer unpretentious but fruitful varieties. Therefore, among the descriptions presented, you can choose the variety that will be suitable for all characteristics.
Landing
Tibetan rose-leaved raspberry, like any other, grows well where there is a lot of light, warmth, and space. However, the purpose of this shrub is more decorative, therefore, for planting it, you can select the place where it is conditionally necessary to divide the plot, the strawberry-raspberry will act as a living prickly hedge, as an element of the yard decoration composition. In any case, the place should be well lit by the sun.
It is important to remember that the shrub is intensively spreading over the territory. Therefore, immediately you need to take measures to determine the boundaries of growth. Otherwise, it will displace all nearby growing plants, and it will be very difficult to remove it. Some gardeners plant Tibetan strawberry raspberries in barrels or large pots buried in the ground.
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Saplings are planted more often in the fall, a month before the cold snap. Statistics show that during spring planting, cuttings or shoots take root worse.
The soil for Tibetan raspberries is best suited to loamy or sandy loam, but with an alkaline or neutral reaction.
Strawberry raspberries do not tolerate waterlogging of the soil, so the planting site should be well-drained or located on a hill.
Holes or trenches for Tibetan rose-leaved raspberries are prepared 1-2 months before planting, a nutrient substrate from organic and mineral fertilizers is poured into them on the bottom. Before planting, they must dissolve, soak into the ground so that the seedlings do not have root burns. When planting, the roots are covered with a fertile layer of garden soil and watered. It will not be superfluous to mulch the root part of the bushes, this will keep moisture in the soil longer.
Planting methods
There are two main methods for planting berries outdoors in the garden.
Planting in separate bushes
On each of the bushes, up to 10 shoots are left and planted in prepared holes 40x50 cm in size. Before that, the previously prepared mixture (as described above) is poured there in the form of a mound. Then the roots of the plant are moistened in a mullein solution. If it is not there, then a solution is made from a nutritious soil mixture. The roots are gently spread on an earthen mound and sprinkled with the rest of the mixture.
The distance between the bushes should be maintained - 100 cm, and the row spacing is made up to 200 cm. The root collar is left above ground level, but not too high. Since after watering the plant, then the neck will remain at the soil level. If it deepens, then the basal bud will rot.
Trench (trellis or tape) method
On the garden bed, a trench is dug to a depth of 45 cm and a width of 50 cm.The distance between the trenches is 100 cm, and the bushes are planted in it at a distance of up to 40 cm.The seedling with well-developed buds is cut off, leaving 30 cm.
A nutritious planting mixture is poured into a trench on a layer of 15 cm. At the same time, rotted manure, a fertile topsoil, and mineral fertilizers are mixed. Double superphosphate and some ash work well.
Important. You can not add fertilizers containing nitrogen when planting. They interfere with good rooting of raspberries.
The bushes are covered so that a hole remains in the irrigation trench, after which mulch from humus, peat is laid on top of the earth, or simply sprinkled on wet dry earth. If the rains have moistened the ground well, then once again the plant does not need to be watered.
Beneficial features
The pectins contained in the fruits of Tibetan raspberries ensure the normal functioning of the entire digestive system, contribute to the restoration of intestinal motility and better absorption of nutrients from food. Lack of pectins can cause flatulence and diarrhea.
The main beneficial properties of the Tibetan rose-leaved raspberry:
- Ensuring the normal functioning of the circulatory system, strengthening the walls of blood vessels and increasing their elasticity.
- Improving blood composition.
- The content of hemoglobin in the blood rises.
- Immunity is strengthened.
- Normalizes the work of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Prevents flatulence and diarrhea.
- Metabolic processes are normalized.
- Helps in overcoming depressive conditions.
- An effective remedy for the prevention of influenza and colds.
- Low calorie content.
Attention! Tibetan raspberries are beneficial in the treatment of colds and viral diseases, as they are high in vitamin C.
Spring frosts
Considering that spring frosts at -4 degrees destroy buds; the flowers die from the cold at minus 2, but at the same time they are not damaged inside the bushes, then we can conclude that for the safety of the harvest they can be covered overnight.
Frozen plants will give less berries by almost half, and they will begin to ripen much later. Sometimes you can save from freezing by sprinkling. But it is dangerous in that it can provoke the appearance of diseases of future fetuses.
Garter
Raspberries are a sun-loving culture, therefore, after being removed from the winter supports, they are tied up with a fan, that is, each stem separately, so that each branch receives enough sunlight.
At the same time, the distance between the branches is not less than 10 cm. They are fixed with soft tapes in two places, below and above. Large-fruited varieties are tied to trellises and stakes with linear plantings.
If the plants are located in bushes, then they are tied to stakes driven in the middle between each pair of bushes. This uses stepped trimming.
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Where can one buy? Rates
You can buy Rose-leaved raspberries in online stores that offer both seedlings and seeds.
The price ranges from:
- 390-550 rub.- for 1 seedling;
- about 28 rubles - 10 pieces. seeds.
Be prepared to pay extra for the delivery of goods to your locality.
When buying a shrub, you should clearly understand that the berry is not a garden variety of raspberries, and even more so a hybrid with non-standard taste.
