A tree whose berries look like bird cherry. poisonous berries

Black berries attract children and adults not only with their bright and unusual color, but also with a pleasant taste. However, it is not always possible to determine what kind of fruits are in front of us, respectively, there is no idea about their properties. This can be dangerous, since there is no guarantee that the selected berry will not be poisonous.

Names of edible berries

Among the black berries that grow in the garden or in the forest and do not pose a danger to humans, there are both well-known and rare representatives. Most of them contain useful substances and vitamins, and can also be shown in the treatment of certain diseases. They can grow on tree branches - for example, mountain ash, on bushes - currants, or hide in the grass - blueberries. The most popular are currant, honeysuckle, bird cherry and others. What are the forest and garden berries Can I eat and what are their benefits?

Elder

The berry is a natural antioxidant. Its intake removes cholesterol from the body, has a positive effect on the heart and blood vessels, and strengthens the immune system. Experts recommend elderberry for diseases such as tonsillitis and flu, they are good for colds, relieve coughs. In addition, the fruits have antibacterial and antiviral effects.

Aronia

Other name given tree- Rowan. It can be red and chokeberry. The new kind- purple chokeberry - appeared quite recently and has not yet had time to go to the masses. A large, astringent berry is able to normalize blood pressure.

Its use is also useful for diseases of the thyroid gland, as well as for irradiation. In addition, black fruits can be used to make wine and other delicious drinks.

Barbados cherry

It is also called acerola cherry. Especially popular in Central America and Western India. You can get juice from cherries, which has an amazing taste and aroma. Berries contain a huge amount of vitamin C, for comparison, they contain about 60 times more than oranges.

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Acai

Acai is widely known in Brazil. It is an excellent antioxidant. Berries are round small size. Most often it is used for cooking various kinds drinks.

Virgin bird cherry

Before the berry ripens, it has a bright sourness and a pronounced tart taste. At the time of ripening, the fruits darken and become slightly sweeter. It is used mainly for the preparation of preservation, but it is necessary to add sugar in large quantities. It can be found both in summer cottages and in the city.

black raspberry

The taste of black raspberries is almost the same as red raspberries. Berries are not cloying, but quite sweet. They have a pronounced aroma, which is not affected even by heat treatment. According to experts, the content of ellagylic acid in fruits can prevent the development of malignant tumors. Therefore, they are often recommended to be used to prevent the formation of cancer cells.

Black currant

If you do not know that there are hundreds of currant varieties, you might think that they are all the same. However, this is not at all the case; work on the development of new hybrids does not stop at the present time. These bush fruits grow in clusters, have a pleasant taste and delicate smell. A huge concentration of nutrients and vitamins makes currant one of the most popular garden shrubs, which can be found in villages and garden plots.

Currant is famous for its choleretic, diaphoretic, diuretic effect. It can be taken to strengthen the body as a whole, used as an antiseptic. In addition, the berries have a hemostatic property.

Like raspberries, currants can be used to prevent cancer. Fragrant and tasty juices, preserves and jams are obtained from the fruits.

Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle contains many useful substances, such as magnesium, calcium, vitamin C and others. Oblong black berries with a bluish bloom are known to many adults and children. Since ancient times, the fruits have been used in medicine. The Curly Honeysuckle variety is currently very popular.

It should be borne in mind that the berries of some varieties of honeysuckle have a small content of poison, so it is best to grow the berry yourself or buy it in reliable stores. Forest unknown fruits can cause poisoning.

Blackberry

Blackberries, like raspberries, have a huge spectrum useful properties. It contains a huge amount of vitamins and minerals. In addition, the berry contains organic acids. Due to this, it not only helps to strengthen the body as a whole, but also helps with various diseases. The fruits have anti-sclerotic properties, help normalize blood sugar levels, saturate with useful elements.

As for an adult plant, it can reach 1.5 meters in height. In spring, blackberries delight with large white flowers. Berries with a pleasant sourness, quite large in size, but this indicator directly depends on the variety.

black mulberry

Plant of the mulberry family. Its leaves are tough and have a serrated edge. The fruits can be deep purple or almost black. Mulberry is especially common in the southern territories.

Berry is loved for its pleasant taste and extraordinary juiciness. From them you can cook various products and preservation, for example, jams, doshab, sherbet. The health benefits are expressed in a general strengthening effect, increased hematopoiesis, and normalization of metabolism. Mulberry fruits are advised to be used by people suffering from overweight, as they tend to dull the appetite. Men speak of them as a product that has a beneficial effect on increasing potency.

Blueberry

This shrub can often be found in swamps, it grows up to 40 centimeters in height. The leaves are elongated, saturated green. The berries have red juicy flesh. It is very useful to use blueberries in fresh, but this does not prevent it from being used for conservation.

Blueberry

Most often, blueberries grow in northern latitudes. This is due to its high frost resistance. The shrub is small, able to grow up to a meter. Berries with a blue tint. The main problem is the inability of the berry to withstand transportation over long distances.

The therapeutic effect of blueberries extends to diseases such as gastritis and gastroduodenitis. But the positive properties do not end there.

Blueberries are able to dilate blood vessels, have an antipyretic effect. It is also useful for relieving inflammation.

Crowberry

The bushes of this plant are creeping and have spreading branches. Its height is not more than 20 centimeters, but the shoots reach a length of up to a meter. It feels especially comfortable in swampy areas of the terrain, while it can grow in the mountains, on the sands and even in the tundra. Crowberry can be transported, small berries are perfectly preserved for quite a long time.

Juniper

The berries of this plant remotely resemble cones. In the process of ripening, they change color from green to black with a purple tint. When ripe, they have a pronounced wax coating. They contain a lot of trace elements and essential oils.

Juniper fruits can affect different areas of the body. They help a lot in case of disruption. digestive system, intestines, gallbladder. With their help, they fight diseases of the joints and lungs.

List of poisonous fruits

If you went for a walk in the forest and met a bush or tree with delicious black berries, you should think about it. Indeed, among the fruits, those that are not only capable of harming the body, but also in special occasions may lead to lethal outcome. poisonous berries you need to know and be able to distinguish from others, tasty and healthy.

girlish grapes

The taste of girlish grapes is very unpleasant, with a noticeable astringency. You can determine it from the first berry. It must be said that a small dose will not do harm, in order to get poisoned, you need to eat a large number of fruits.

Nightshade

These bushes can often be found in the forest. The berries look like a small pepper, the taste is very bitter. The plant is very poisonous and can cause serious harm to the body.

Buckthorn brittle

Externally, the plant is very similar to bird cherry, so it's not worth the risk if you are not ready to accurately identify the bush. Berries with two, less often four seeds are very poisonous and should not be eaten.

wolf berries

Another plant that can be confused with bird cherry. However, the fruits wolfberry appear only in autumn. If by negligence to eat them, a person will suffer severe weakness, diarrhea and convulsions will appear. With a large number of berries eaten and untimely treatment, a fatal outcome is possible.

Voronet spike-shaped

These berries can also be confused with bird cherry or mountain ash. But at a close distance from the plant, you can feel a pronounced bad smell. The fruits of the plant are collected in brushes, they can be black, red and white. They are very poisonous, when ingested, cause inflammation of the mucous membranes and intestines. Skin contact results in blistering.

Lakonos

raven eye

The plant is small in size, has 4 leaves located on the stem. Visually it looks like a cross. At the base is one black berry, which may have a bluish bloom. Ingestion causes vomiting, diarrhea and dizziness.

ornamental plants

Among the most popular ornamental plants with black berries, there are two that are most common. We are talking about black elderberry and black honeysuckle. Let's talk about them in more detail.

black elderberry

This plant is a shrub. It grows mainly in the southern latitudes and in the central part of our country. Bushes can grow up to 6 meters, and if they are not cared for, they will quickly spread throughout the site. However, with a proper set of agrotechnical measures, elderberry looks quite impressive and can be used to decorate plots and front gardens.

The bushes are strewn with black berries that ripen in August and September. In appearance, these are drupes with a blue tint, the diameter reaches 7 millimeters. Fruits contain very valuable useful elements, such as vitamins, anthocyanins and oils.

The seeds are poisonous, when they enter the stomach, they break down, forming hydrocyanic acid, which can become very dangerous for human health. Therefore, only the pulp can be eaten.

honeysuckle black

This is another fairly large shrub. It can be over 3 meters long. Most often, honeysuckle grows in the eastern regions of Russia, but it can also be found in other regions. The plant tolerates a strong drop in temperature well, therefore it easily survives winters, and it is also not afraid of frosts during the flowering period, so honeysuckle can be grown even in northern latitudes. In addition, it is completely undemanding to the type of soil, endures pest attacks and is not afraid of many diseases, which makes it a real decoration of any site.

The plant has quite large fruits elongated in shape. The length of one berry is approximately 2 centimeters. Honeysuckle sings early, the first fruits can be harvested already at the beginning of summer. As for the taste, it is distinguished by a slight sourness, but this does not spoil it at all. Even small children love berries.

Honeysuckle fruits are most often preserved, but they are very useful to use fresh. The bush gives the first harvest a few years after it was planted in a permanent place.

About one more edible berry- black nightshade, see the video below.

In fact, everything is quite the opposite, the leaves and inflorescences of the tree emit a large amount of phytoncides, which are a deadly poison for most harmful microorganisms and small insects such as ticks, midges or mosquitoes. That is why, if a large bouquet of bird cherry is left in the room, people get a headache.

Also do not forget about the tasty and healthy berries that this tree gives. Of these, you can cook jam, compotes, use as a filling for baking, or just eat, provided that the planted variety is edible.

On the this moment, about twenty varieties of this wonderful plant are available to summer residents, as with edible fruits, and decorative, among which is the bird cherry Maaka.

Bird cherry, known to gardeners as Maaka, was first described in detail by the world-famous botanist Franz Ivanovich Ruprecht for the Austrian Botanical Society in 1857. And this variety got its name from the name of the Russian naturalist and explorer Richard Karlovich Maak, who described it during his travels in the Far East, the Ussuri and Amur valleys in 1855-59.

Bird cherry Maaka

In nature, this tree, which is not at all like the bird cherry growing in Siberia, is found along the banks of rivers and streams in China, Korea, and in Russia - in the Far East.

It is impossible not to notice such beauty - fluffy emerald leaves, light yellow shoots and white flowers scattered over the crown in spring, or clusters of berries black with a purple tint at the end of summer. The bark is especially impressive - from golden-bronze to brown, shining in the rays of both the sun and the moon, peeling off in transverse stripes, which creates the appearance of a shaggy, translucent fringe.

tree height in wild nature reaches 16-18 meters, a trunk – 40 cm in diameter. This bird cherry blooms in late spring, with small flowers collected in elongated brushes.

During flowering, it is better not to approach the plant, because throughout the day there is a rumble in the crown from bees arriving for nectar. Bird cherry Maaka is world-wide recognized as one of the best honey plants, which is indirectly confirmed by the bees that adore it. Therefore, having planted this variety in the garden, it makes sense to think about your own hive.

By mid-July, drupe berries ripen. The clusters are very beautiful, but the fruits themselves are inedible for humans, due to strong bitterness and very coloring pulp. However, if you still take a chance and swallow a couple of berries, except for a long purple tongue, you can get a good laxative effect.

The fruit of bird cherry Maaka is very fond of bears. Therefore, if the garden is located near a nature reserve or hunting grounds, it does not hurt to exercise caution in the middle of summer.

Birds and squirrels are very partial to ripened drupes, and hedgehogs quickly dismantle fallen berries.

The tree is extremely interesting not only for its external originality, but also universal characteristics, allowing this species to feel great on almost any suburban area in middle lane.

Bird cherry Maaka:

• frost-resistant, easily tolerated sub-zero temperatures up to 40-45 degrees;
• not very demanding on soil, grows on any land, but looks most impressive where it is planted on well-moistened sandy loams.
• not susceptible to drought, only a seedling needs watering in the first year of planting, but even then not always;
• calmly tolerates temporary flooding and heavy rains;
• can grow in the shade, but feels much better in an open sunny meadow;
• care comes down to formation of the desired crown shape;
• indifferent to haircuts, transplants, tiled, iron or asphalt pavement over the root system;
• has a very rapid growth ;
• propagated by seeds, but will not mind breeding with cuttings.

Indeed, a completely versatile variety.

Cerapadus - a hybrid of cherry and bird cherry

These qualities attracted the famous breeder Michurin in the bird cherry tree Maak when he and his staff worked to improve the characteristics of the cherry. At the first crossings, many hybrids were obtained, of which in further work only the results of combining bird cherry with steppe cherry and previously derived garden variety Ideal. Presented to the botanical world and gardeners, finalized views hybrid trees, are known under common name cerapadus, that is, cherry-bird cherry.

Prunus maackii, or Padus maackii, as in Latin accepted in botany, this variety of bird cherry is named, has the following characteristics, interesting for the gardener:

• tree height average reaches on the site 10-11 meters;
• straight shoots, "standing", pubescent with alternate leaf arrangement;
• oval leaves, simple with jagged edges and a pointed apex;
• inflorescences racemose;
• white flowers, on average in 1 cm, five-petal, with a rich aroma;
• bears fruit with berries that are inedible to humans, in a ripening state - red, in a ripened stage - violet-black, lilac.

Ripe cherry maaka berries

Among the indisputable advantages of planting bird cherry in your own summer cottage, the following can be distinguished:

• unpretentious to the composition of the soil;
• does not require careful maintenance;
• repels midges, mosquitoes and ticks;
• does not need watering, except for the first year of life;
• has unlimited potential when creating landscape compositions;
• fast growth;
• Grows in both full sun and shade.

The fallen leaves of this tree are rich in nitrogen, lime and potassium. This allows foxes to be used to obtain good humus and improves bedding.

The disadvantages of planting this tree in the garden include such moments as:

• light-loving tree, minimum distance between seedlings should be 5 meters, and if bird cherry is determined to live in the shade, then more;
• abundant basal growth;
• inedibility of drupes with which the Maaka variety bears fruit;
• opportunity to get headaches with a long stay next to a flowering tree;
• attracting bees, bumblebees and wasps during the flowering period, which is extremely dangerous for allergy sufferers.

Choosing a place for bird cherry Maak is not difficult at all, it will look great and take root well in any corner of the garden. If there are wet places on the site, for example, due to the close approach of soil, then the tree will perfectly dry such a surface.

From an aesthetic point of view, this plant is combined with almost everything in the world, looks great both in a group of plantings, for example, when alternating it with shrubs along the boundaries of the site, and independently, against the background lawn grass, in the corner near the outbuildings.

Bird cherry Maaka tolerates transplantation well and quickly takes root in a new place

This variety is very uncapricious, tolerates transplanting well, quickly adapts and takes root in a new place, therefore, there are no special tricks when planting a tree. Need to follow general recommendations, such as:

• prepare landing pit , you do not need to particularly deepen and get carried away with fertilizers, especially organic ones, their overabundance can destroy the seedling;
• optimal seedling height 70-75 cm, if planting material higher, it is better to shorten it;
• when planting two or more plants, which is good for cross-pollination, the distance between them should be 5-6 meters;
• need in the hole spread the roots and fall asleep, watering abundantly;
• soil around planting mulch a little.

Bird cherry is planted in early spring or late autumn, at spring planting the soil should have thawed by now.

tree care

Bird cherry is easy to care for - in the first year or two of its life on the site, the tree needs to be watered periodically, and in the first years of plant growth, it is important to pay attention to the formation of the future crown.

When the first lateral shoots appear, it is advisable to leave 4-5 of them the most developed and looking in different directions. The same will have to be done with the branches growing on them. The upper shoot must be cut in order to maximize the development of the side shoots. Slices are best treated with garden pitch.

mature plant needs periodic thinning of the crown

This will take several years. In an already mature tree, if desired, you can thin out the crown.

As for all kinds of dressings, it makes no sense to make them more often than once every couple of years. If there is a desire, then you can add a little mineral dressings before cherry blossoms to prolong its terms and make it more abundant.

Diseases and pests

Any bird cherry, including Maaka varieties, is resistant to various pests. But this does not mean that the tree cannot get sick at all.

The most common ailments that overtake this plant are fungal diseases. fungus strikes:

• fruit;
• branches and leaves;
• bark and stem.

Fetal diseases

drupes ( vernacular name bird cherry berries of this variety) get sick due to deformation, the so-called "pockets". The fungus infects the fruits, as a result of which the ovary grows, that is, the fleshy part and the bone almost does not develop.

Infected drupes take the form of brown, large, swollen formations with empty cavities inside - pockets. The development of infection leads to a loss of yield and a violation of the decorative attractiveness of the tree.

To protect against this fungus, you need to destroy the damaged fruits, and treat the tree itself with products containing copper. It will also require processing of the damaged plant in the spring, before bud break.

Diseases of leaves and branches

leaf rust

This disease develops mainly in forests and parks, but can also visit gardens. The fungus causing this trouble lives in fir cones . From where it moves to the leaves and branches of bird cherry.

Rust on bird cherry leaves

In June, brown or purple spots form on the foliage, the same formations on the branches. By the end of summer, the tree completely loses its aesthetic appeal.

As a fight against this disease, bird cherry is sprayed with vitriol, look for the source of the fungus settlement - spruce and destroy all the bumps on it.

Klyasterosporiosis, or spotting

perforated spotting

Perforated spotting of bird cherry Maaka

It is expressed in the fact that in June or in the first half of July, the leaves are covered with brownish-brown spots with a bright raspberry border. With the course of the disease, these spots fall out, and the tree gives the impression of being eaten by insects.

brown spot

Toward the end of summer on the foliage brown rounded through spots are formed with a yellow pad on the upper part. This yellowish formation is the sporulation of the fungus. With a strong development of the disease, the entire leaf is covered.

orange spotting

Orange spotting on bird cherry leaves

In the middle of summer on the leaves orange angular spots appear, up to 10 mm in diameter. Flat, brightly colored. With the development of the fungus, they can merge, occupying a significant area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe leaf. This disease is often found in Siberia and the Far East.

purple spotting

It is characterized by the appearance of round grayish-violet spots with fuzzy, floating in the color of the sheet edges. It can appear throughout the summer and very quickly cover a large part of the tree crown.

As a fight against all types of spotting, they destroy fallen leaves, and the crown of trees is treated with Bordeaux mixture or foundation several times during the summer season.

Moniliosis, or monilial burn

An unpleasant disease in which the fungus affects flowers, foliage, shoots and drupes. In spring, the branches begin to dry out, acquiring a bright brown color., then the same thing happens with leaves and shoots.

Moniliosis of bird cherry Maaka

The fungus develops very well in high humidity, bringing the tree outwardly to the similarity with the victim in the fire.

To prevent and protect against this disease, cut and destroy damaged areas , and in the spring, before flowering, the tree is treated with Bordeaux liquid. Repeatedly sprayed with it after flowering and in the fall. Be sure to destroy the fallen leaves.

Diseases of the trunk and bark

Cytosporosis or cytosporal necrosis

With this fungal infection, tree bark dies off in rings on the trunk and branches. Inside these areas, a cluster of small red cones, tightly adjacent to each other, is clearly visible - this is the sporulation of the fungus.

Cytosporosis on the trunk of bird cherry Maak

This necrosis usually affects weakened plants and can lead to the death of the tree.

Mer effective fight not with this disease, gardeners usually cut off the damaged areas and destroy them, and the zones of fungus development on the trunk are cleaned, washed with soap and copper, disinfected and covered with garden pitch.

Gum treatment

On the tree there are areas with a secreted liquid - gums. It is a sticky, resinous amber-colored substance. It usually accompanies other diseases, such as spotting, moniliosis, cytosporosis necrosis, as well as mechanical damage to the bird cherry trunk, frost-sunburns, which, although very rare, also occur. The disease leads to the death of shoots, branches, and sometimes the bark of a tree..

Gum treatment on a bird cherry branch

The fight against this infection involves the cure of bird cherry from the underlying disease. and pruning of dead branches and shoots with their subsequent destruction.

Brown root rot

The disease begins due to the activity of the tinder fungus Schweinitz, that is, simply, rot. The fungus develops in the central part of the root system and directly on the tree trunk. At the same time, velvety large mushrooms grow at the base of the bird cherry, on it itself.

The presence of large mushrooms at the base of the bird cherry indicates the development of brown rot of the tree roots.

Most often old and weak trees are affected. In forests, forest parks, urban plantings. Very rare in the garden.

Of the rots that settle in bird cherry, most often come across such pathogenic fungi as:

• plum fungus;
• sulfur yellow tinder fungus;
• purple tinder fungus;
• false tinder.

The danger of such a disease is that sooner or later the tree will fall. There is only one way to fight:

• saw cut;
• uprooting;
• hole burning.

Bird cherry pests

Bird cherry is very resistant to all kinds of pests., but some still make their way through her protection from phytoncides.

The most common insects that overtake the bird cherry and harm it are:

Sucking pests

Leaf blotch (copperwort) on the leaves of bird cherry Maak

These are all insects that feed on the juice of foliage, buds, shoots, branches and trunks. The most frequent guests and inhabitants of the tree are coccids, psyllids, plant bugs.. Most of them affect other trees in the garden, such as an apple or plum tree, and then get to the bird cherry.

leaf-eating insects

• butterfly caterpillars;
• sawfly larvae;
• larvae of leaf beetles and the beetles themselves;
• hawthorn and bird cherry moth.

Ermine bird cherry moth Bird cherry moth larvae Harm from bird cherry moth

Some caterpillars, the same hawthorn moth, weave peculiar nests of leaves in which they live and feed.

Miners

Bird cherry leaf affected by miner larvae

The larvae of this pest species feed and grow inside the leaf, leaving hollow veins in it, different in shape and color. They move to bird cherry from apple trees.

gall formers

Gall mite on bird cherry leaves Maaka

Galls in the form of white or pink horns up to 4 mm long create mites- gall and felt. They are very rare on bird cherry, only in the presence of heavily infected trees nearby.

stem insect pests

These are xylophagous insects, that is, bark beetles and woodworms. About twenty different species of them settle on bird cherry., but they only affect old, drying out or diseased trees.

Bark beetles on bird cherry

The main way to deal with all these pests is chemical. The affected tree must be treated twice with such means as:

• karbofos;
• kinmix.

With a very strong infection, a third spraying may be required, but, usually, after the second, all insects already die.

Nature itself provides a good way to cope with caterpillars. Frosts in early May kill insects that are already active by this time. Therefore, some gardeners do not even realize that a colony of caterpillars was supposed to settle on their pets.

To preventive measures applies thinning the crown, pruning old branches, whitewashing the trunk and bases of the branches, and, of course, careful monitoring of the condition of the bird cherry neighbors in the garden plot.

Bird cherry varieties Maaka - amazing beautiful tree, which has a number of decorative and useful properties. Despite the fact that its fruits are inedible for humans, they are perfect for making medicinal decoctions and infusions that can solve many intestinal problems.

Bird cherry Maaka will decorate your backyard

When choosing bird cherry for your garden, you should pay attention to this completely unpretentious tree that fits perfectly into any landscape composition, will create a shadow over the recreation area and scare away mosquitoes from it, as well as create a lyrical mood for the owners of the garden.

Rarely what the tree boasts such disease resistance, ease of survival, unpretentiousness to soils and weather, undemanding care, fast growth and unique external beauty, like bird cherry Maaka.

Many of the plants familiar to us have very attractive relatives that grow in other natural areas. For example, the overseas cousin of the common bird cherry known to all - bird cherry virgin.

Know the virgin bird cherry "by sight"

An American woman is shorter than the Russian bird cherry. This is a low tree or large shrub, the branches, leaves and flowers of which are very similar to the common bird cherry.

Only the leaves are darker, and the flower clusters are longer, denser, up to 30 small flowers in each brush. Flowering begins by the end of May and lasts quite a long time. In bloom, completely covered with fragrant tassels, virgin bird cherry stands up to 2 weeks.

But the main difference between relatives is the fruits. The berries of the virgin bird cherry are also collected in elongated brushes, but the fruits are much larger in size - up to 1 cm in diameter. They ripen by mid-August, acquiring a red or cherry color. Because of this, the virgin bird cherry is often called red.

Berries of the virgin bird cherry: benefits and harms

The berries of the red bird cherry are edible and even tastier than those of the common bird cherry.

They are sweet and sour, not too tart, quite juicy, contain many vitamins and minerals. Just do not eat them until they are fully ripe - the unripe fruits of the virgin bird cherry are poisonous.

A sign of toxicity is a light almond aroma, characteristic of cyanide compounds.

However, unripe berries are not so tasty, and the poison is not so strong that it came to death. It is best to cook jam from berries. When heated and combined with sugar, cyanide residues decompose, so that the jam is absolutely safe for health.

The bark, flowers, and leaves are also poisonous to some extent, so they are used with caution in medical chains. Although the bird cherry is generously endowed with healing properties. Dried berries and leaves are used to make a tea that relieves bronchitis and colds.

Due to its astringent properties, it also helps with diarrhea and intestinal disorders. A decoction of bird cherry flowers is used as an external antiseptic: they are washed with wounds, ulcers, applied to the eyes for conjunctivitis.

Virgin bird cherry pests are not terrible!

In the wild, red bird cherry is widely distributed in North America, hence the species name - according to the state of Virginia. Winters in this region are mild, so the virgin bird cherry is less winter hardy than the common bird cherry. It is unlikely that it will be possible to grow it in Siberia. But in the temperate zone and coastal areas, it grows, and even in the Arkhangelsk region. To the south, the plant moves to the Crimea and Central Asia, but it requires periodic watering.

The great advantage of the virgin bird cherry is its resistance to most pests and diseases of the bird cherry. Aphids, sawflies, leafworms, ermine moths and other lovers of young leaves and shoots usually do not touch the "virginka". Doesn't bother her too much main enemy- bird cherry moth.

Caring for red bird cherry when grown in the garden

Bird cherry virgin shade-tolerant, but in the shade you can not wait for abundant flowering and ripening of sweet berries.

Therefore, it is better to plant the plant in a sunny place. In nature, bird cherry grows along the banks of rivers and lakes, therefore it loves moisture very much and easily tolerates slight waterlogging.

The ideal place for her is the shore of an ornamental pond well-lit by the sun. For better pollination and fruiting, you need to plant 2-3 plants nearby.

AT favorable conditions the bush grows very quickly, so you need to think about the neighborhood in advance. Strong annual pruning will not benefit the bird cherry, as flowering occurs on the shoots of the previous year. Also bird cherry gives a large number of root shoots. It is by growth that it is best to propagate. Planting can be carried out both in spring and autumn.

Growing virgin - red bird cherry: personal experience

And I really want to tell you about my unusual bird cherry, which has been living in my garden for many years, along with other berry bushes and fruit trees. Why is she so honored, you ask. And now I will tell you everything from the very beginning, from the first acquaintance with this culture.

A long time ago, 15 years ago, my parents bought a plot of land for their summer cottage. This land, together with the house, stood in an abandoned state for more than 20 years, so everything around was densely overgrown with forest. Over time, we improved everything. There was a garden, vegetable garden, flower beds, lawn. Later, we wanted to plant cultivated trees and shrubs to please with their flowering and aroma.

Thus, lilac, jasmine and bird cherry bushes were purchased at the seasonal fair. And it turned out that just the bird cherry did not have enough space in the front garden, so I had to plant two small cuttings at the entrance to the garden. For three years, the bushes gained strength, turning into small trees, and in the fourth year in the spring they pleased with large snow-white inflorescences. But to our surprise, the flowers did not have a wonderful bird cherry aroma, or rather, did not smell of anything at all! This was very alarming: after all, the neighboring bird cherry bush exuded a strong, wonderful smell throughout the whole district ...

And by the end of August, clusters of very unusual, rather large dark red berries, very similar to small cherries, hung on our trees. Then we again looked over the fence at the neighbor's bird cherry and saw the most common picture: a sprawling bush with dark trunk, clusters of small, pitch-black berries ...

Our trees were not at all like her: a red-brown trunk, bright burgundy berries, large “varnished” leaves. It turns out that they deceived us at the fair! No one, of course, even dared to taste these strange "cherries" - what if an unfamiliar plant turns out to be poisonous? But the birds very quickly coped with the harvest ...

The following year, the trees bloomed even more extensively, with the same, outwardly similar to bird cherry, but not at all fragrant flowers.

And in autumn even more large red berries were born. But we continued to work in the garden, paying no attention to the outlandish trees. And then one day, while collecting chokeberry for compote, I looked at these glossy berries, and so I wanted to try them! I tore off one, kneaded it in my hand, sniffed it - it smells like ordinary bird cherry. Picked up another one and ate it. It also tastes like bird cherry, but much, much sweeter and almost does not knit.

I came from the dacha to the city - and immediately to the Internet. It turned out that our trees are an unusual variety red garden bird cherry called Virgin. It comes from North America, is very winter-hardy, drought-resistant, does not require attention and care, practically does not get sick.

And most importantly - her fruits are not only very tasty, but also extremely useful, they contain many vitamins, trace elements and tannins.

So this is not just an ornamental tree, but a real treasure! Its berries are widely used for culinary purposes: they are dried, cooked compotes, jams, added to confectionery. We like them fresh, with their sweet pleasant taste and slight astringency.

This bird cherry grows in the form of a small tree, bears fruit abundantly every year. In fact, as it is written on the Internet, for ten years she did not get sick and did not require any attention. The growth that forms around the tree is easily mowed with a trimmer. And the crown can be shaped to your liking.

Here is such an unusual story about a seemingly ordinary bird cherry. If you ever get the opportunity to plant this miracle on your site - do not deny yourself the pleasure!

Cherry grows in our garden different varieties, whose fresh berries we eat with pleasure from mid-July to the end of October thanks to different terms maturation. Common bird cherry and virgin bird cherry are undemanding to soils, resistant to pests and diseases, freely tolerate light penumbra and shearing during crown formation.

The bird cherry is a partially self-fertile plant and blooms a little later than the common one, always moving away from return frosts, so annually gives good harvest delicious and fragrant berries. Snow-white during the flowering period, the trees exude a bewitching aroma, on which bumblebees and bees flock. Thanks to their work, good pollination of plants occurs and the yield increases.

The bird-cherry tree-garden with fruits looks original different color and green to fiery purple foliage. Fresh fruits have an antimicrobial effect, and decoctions of them are used in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases, an infusion of leaves - for colds, an infusion of flowers - for the treatment of eyes. I breed bird cherry green cuttings in June or lignified cuttings in September, as well as grafting on bird cherry seedlings.

Bird cherry is a highly winter-hardy plant, so I plant it on the northeastern side of the site to protect other plants from cold winds.

When planting bird cherry in a hole measuring 50 × 50 cm, I put 2 buckets of humus, 1 liter of ash, 1 cup complex fertilizer and I shovel everything well. I deepen the root neck by 3-5 cm, sprinkling fertile soil. Within a radius of 30 cm, I make a watering hole around the seedling. Bird cherry is responsive to irrigation: it grows well, and when shortened in September by 1/3 of annual growths, it quickly begins to bear fruit.

In the summer, in the heat, it is pleasant to sit in the shade of the bird cherry. Mosquitoes, horseflies and flies do not bother here, because. do not like the smell of the leaves of this tree. We have created bird cherry hedge in combination with mountain ash and hawthorn, between which spireas, hydrangeas bloom all summer, park roses, mock orange, barberry and others ornamental shrubs. To reduce the height of the crown in the spring, before the start of sap flow, I prune the central trunk to a strong side branch, after which I cover the sections with garden pitch or oil paint on natural drying oil. Low crowns are convenient for harvesting and preventive treatment from diseases and garden pests.

Since 2000, the Virginian bird cherry has been steadily bearing fruit (I don’t know the variety), the berries of which ripen at the end of July. The pulp of their sour-sweet taste with a slight astringency. The variety is highly winter-hardy, productive, but over time it gives a lot of shoots, so I propagate it only by grafting.

Fruiting since 2007 Memory of Salamatov. The variety is highly winter-hardy, but flowering often coincides with the return of frost, which affects the yield. But the berries on it are very large, black, shiny, ripen by the end of August. Their pulp has a sweet and sour taste without astringency, with a pleasant aroma.

Since 2011, a variety of bird cherry has been tested Late joy, and since 2014 - Neubiennaya variety with crimson-red leaves, but the fruits have not yet been tried.

Happy harvest since 2000 cerapadus(a hybrid of bird cherry with cherry), which usually blooms after the end of return frosts. The brushes are long, the berries are very large, up to 1.5 cm in diameter, dark cherry in color, good sweet and sour taste with a slight astringency, hold firmly on the brushes and do not crumble even after frost until the end of October. Cerapadus - highly winter-hardy, weather-resistant, fruitful. And the addition of its berries to assorted compotes gives them piquancy and cherry flavor.

YELLOW BIRD

A new pearl has appeared in my collection - virgin bird cherry with yellow fruits! While not on it ripe berries, it is not much different from the usual ones - it blooms, grows, turns green and also crumbles to the ground with a white lace of petals. But the berries will begin to pour - and my beauty is transformed!

Its fruits are large, juicy, sweet with a slight astringency. You don’t even notice how you send berry after berry into your mouth.

She came to me quite by accident. I was driving a car and noticed a wide spreading bush. Stopped to see what it was. And I just lost the gift of speech: bird cherry with yellow fruits! I tried it and got handfuls full of berries.

At home, I thought: how would I have such a miracle in my garden? In the autumn, she sowed the left bones in a bowl and left them in the garden to winter. Spring has come - there are no my seedlings. April passed - no, May - did not appear. In mid-June, she looked into the bowl - dear mother! Green soldiers are standing and the leaves have already been unfolded. Not all, however, ascended, about half, but this pleased me endlessly. I planted them in the garden in August. The first winter passed without losses, everyone overwintered.

In the spring, I distributed part of it, and planted 2 bushes at home. They began to bear fruit in the 6th year, although there were several brushes with flowers in the 5th, but apparently there was not enough strength for the fruits.

My bird cherry likes to drink some water - the leaves become juicy, the berries are full-bodied. For all the years I didn’t fertilize anything, except that I poured it into trunk circle some compost, I wanted root shoots to go, but there it was. No layering, no escapes. This is how I found a roadside miracle.

T. KURNAKOVA Saratov

Even our ancestors planted bird cherry near the house. And not only because it blooms beautifully and exudes a wonderful aroma. During flowering, the tree releases phytoncides into the air, which have a detrimental effect on pathogenic bacteria. It was believed that if you stand in the shade of a tree, you can scare away the disease. Let's take a closer look at the varieties of bird cherry and its areas of application.

In the third year after planting, it is recommended to start with a rash. The branching is intended to clearly define the main terminal in the event that the tree branches in the twin and removes the lower branches of the sky. In the first years after planting, the radical removal of lateral branches and branching into the so-called canine proved to be successful. Intervention is not good to do "for the green" in May-June. We remove part of the tree assimilation area, but also stimulate the intensive growth of the terminal. The wood still has enough time before the end of the growing season to create a well-defined wood chip and stock up for the winter and spring season.

The tree blooms in May or early June. Flowers collected in oblong inflorescences smell pleasant and attract bees. Bird cherry is a wonderful honey plant. This is another reason why they tried to plant them near houses or on household plots. A tree or shrub is widespread throughout Russia: from the European part to Siberia and Far East. That is why, along with birch, it can be considered a symbol of the Central Russian Plain.

In addition, cutting wounds are very well wound with healing cloths because the removed branches have a relatively small diameter. During this period, the attack of wood on fungal infections is minimal. Impossible to do correct cut at the beginning with horticultural shears, on the reciprocal ring. In later years, the removal of branches may be too much, so you can also use scissors with a saw or lever with a longer handle. In the following months of the year, cherries can be made with certain reservations.

And the bird cherry is different!

It should be noted that we are losing growth potential and removing wood that was made from assimilates that the tree could use to increase height and create higher roof floors. The late rise also weakens the build-up of stocks during the period of growth and successful development in the coming season.

The most common type of bird cherry is ordinary, it is also called carpal. She throws out brushes of white inflorescences. Of the 20 varieties of wood, 7 are cultivated on our territory.. Of these, decorative species stand out. Their unusually beautiful inflorescences, from yellowish multi-colored to double pink, are used in landscape design for decoration of landscape gardening compositions and personal plots.

Branching was first done in the third year after planting. The first few years can be nurtured through the use of clippers from the ground. Later, when it is no longer possible to reach the branches from the ground, it is enough to bend the cherry, because the stem is very flexible and the bend is well tolerated. When the trees reach such a diameter that they cannot bend, it should be continued. In practice, the double ladder does not work very well. The lightweight aluminum ladder can be transported into the lower vegetation, although this is a physically demanding activity.

More familiar to us is carpal bird cherry, with white flowers. There is a sign among the people that during the flowering of bird cherry, you can start sowing wheat and planting potatoes. There is an opinion that at the time of the flowering of the tree, the air is most fresh and clean. They also associate flowering with a temporary cooling, “bird cherry cold”.

But for most people, fragrant flowering symbolizes the renewal of nature and an optimistic spring mood.

Rupture was also tested at a later age even with an end rod. However, this method cannot be recommended because it is not easy to make an accurate cut on the mating ring at a distance of several meters, cut inaccuracies are called "hangers" or deformation damage. Blade work is just as physically demanding as ladder work. At higher cherry heights, care should be taken when branching the cherry, leaving 1-3 clusters.

The growth of some cherries was stopped by attacking the aphid terminal. The appearance of aphids is often associated with the presence of ants that protect the aphids and probably get rid of them. This symbiotic relationship often causes significant growth retardation. The next year, the mostly damaged terminal is replaced by one of the side branches, which takes the terminal's position and height of dominance, creating a "sable" growth of the main trunk. However, this deformation straightens out with the force of the deformation, without the need to exaggerate the replacement terminal.

What are the varieties of bird cherry

In addition to the common bird cherry familiar to everyone, the variety Cheremukha virginskaya took root. This beautiful plant migrated from North America.

virginskaya

The tree grows up to 15 meters. Unlike carpal bird cherry, with black fruits, the virgin bunch of berries are painted dark red.. Blooms with white inflorescences. The plant looks especially impressive in autumn. Leaves turn burgundy red. well tolerated hot weather and winter. Likes moist soil and light. Propagated from seeds and root shoots. Virgin bird cherry has several varieties, according to the type of fruit (black, yellow, light red). The shape of the tree is stunted and with lowered branches (weeping bird cherry).

After several years of planting cherries in the area of ​​Vranowicki Hajok were found interesting finds. Surprisingly, the tallest and most cherry-colored cherries grew near the edges of the pine. Logically, we would expect the opposite. We have experience with marginal effects, for example on oak stands in floodplain habitats, where sometimes the edge rows of stands next to adjacent foothills are replaced by another tree. A certain tolerance for the tolerance of birds is confirmed by professional literature, which states that cherries during youth are well-healed even with moderate luster.

Common Colorata

More like a shrub, as it reaches a height of up to 5 meters. Unusual leaves, painted in shades of purple and red in spring, turn green by summer. In autumn, the foliage turns red again. But the plant is especially beautiful during the flowering period. Lush inflorescences color pink with a delicate aroma of almonds. Twigs and bark also have a purple tint. It sprouts from the root, so it propagates easily. Loves moisture, light, tolerates winter well. Like most bird cherry species, it is susceptible to spring frosts. Black fruits ripen by August.

The proverb says: "Before the daisy, smile, kneel before you kneel." And the proverbs are right. Without it, it is beneficial many times a year. In the spring, thanks to the flowers, the berries are processed in the fall. It won't start until October, so we have time to get ready, but fall is already in the air. And nature so cleverly arranged that in the autumn it ripens that we must bury our body in order to survive in the winter -.

Care and reproduction

Similarly, in the spring it is good to succumb to the lead of fresh green shoots and shoots to purify the body. Nothing is better than listening to the cycle of nature - in this respect, no one has ever invented. Without it, it's not original look in our country, which may sound like a commonplace. In the Middle Ages, he belonged to the irreplaceable medicinal plants for the poor. It has been used to treat almost all diseases and health problems. Here it would be useful to add that in Slovakia it is not used for the production of fujar, probably there are large bushes.

Late

The main area of ​​growth is North America, but it has taken root in the temperate latitudes of our country. A powerful tree with a well-developed crown up to 20 meters. Bright green foliage in summer, turning yellow-red in autumn period. "Late" is called because it blooms 2 weeks later, at the end May - early June. Black round fruits ripen at the end of August. The fruits are twice as large as those of ordinary bird cherry, juicier and have no astringent aftertaste. It is also called "rum cherry", due to the dessert taste. It makes delicious tinctures. The tree has a high self-fertility, tolerates winter well, has a powerful root system.

But we are more interested in how to consume them. Flowers fried in dough were a favorite delicacy, in last years it was a lemonade syrup preparation in the past. Flower extract can also be a delicious essence to try ice creams or creams. At the moment, the flowers are already passing, but they also have great potential for berries, they can make jam, syrup, liquor, wine, chicken or mustard. berry tree used in Food Industry as a filling or replacement for more expensive types of fruit in various fruit blends that devalue some of these highly nutritious fruits.

Antipka (Magalebskaya)

An amazing shrub with powerful roots that can live up to 200 years. Undemanding to the soil, can grow on rocky slopes. Homeland consider the Middle East and Europe. The value of this variety is that it is perfect for cherry stock,. Since bird cherry belongs to the plum family. The bush is used to strengthen crumbling slopes. The bark of the shrub contains coumarin, an aromatic substance used in perfumery. Small white inflorescences cover the entire bush during flowering, emitting a pleasant aroma.. The fruits are small, black.

It is best to prepare them for the winter with regular jam or syrup. For syrup, just quickly bake the berries, gently squeeze, juice with sugar, lemon juice or cinnamon and cook until syrupy. It was not just a gift. Think about it when you find yourself near the ruins of this almost miraculous bush.

Recipe: Black Mustard

Add 100 ml of cider vinegar and 100 ml of water to the top of a spoonful of mustard seed and allow to swell the next day. Then mix, do not use a coat, thicker texture is better and add another 100ml apple cider vinegar. Take five hundred grams of berries in a medium roaster until they begin to crack, and then tug on them. Add one finely chopped onion, a few petals of licorice, pork cinnamon, five cloves, a spoonful of sugar cane and cook until the onion is quite soft.

Flat cystic

Well accustomed in the middle and northern latitudes. Is different abundant flowering. dark fruits Brown have a sweet-sour and tart taste. High yield and early term maturation, winter hardiness make the tree suitable for growing in cold climates. A tree up to 5 meters high gives up to 15 kg of berries.

Remove mixture from heat, remove spices and let cool slightly. Then put the mixed seeds, mix and absorb the salt. Pour the mixture into an airtight glass, keeping it in the refrigerator for up to a month. Birdwatching is a great form of active relaxation and contact with nature. The biggest advantage of bird watching is that it can be done anywhere and all year round and everyone can watch it. To start an interesting adventure with winged friends, we do not need to leave home.

What is a hybrid

Just know how to lure the birds in the spring to their time in the backyard garden, and enjoy our feeder-filled eyes in the winter. For our participation the birds will pay off, like eating harmful insects. This post provides some tips and practical advice about how to help the birds.

Self-fertile and Sakhalin (Siberian cherries)

Early ripe varieties, the berry ripens in July, bred by Siberian breeders. They tolerate frost very well. Give a consistently good harvest up to 20-22 kg. Disease resistant. Easy to carry spring frosts. Trees with a powerful crown up to 8 meters, bloom in large white inflorescences. Varieties differ in the taste of berries.

If we want to enjoy the presence of winged guests in the garden all year round, we need to decorate it. For birds, two things are most important - food and a safe place to breed. Birds do not like well-groomed gardens where hedges are trimmed and the grass is cut regularly. They are best in places that are a little "dotted". By leaving untouched vines and thorny bushes, we create convenient nesting sites for many species of these animals. Birds generally do not like plants of foreign origin, preferring native species of shrubs and trees, providing them with sufficient food.

Finely serrated Amanogova (sakura)

The most beautiful flowering is distinguished by Amanogov's sakura. The bird cherry belongs to the genus of plums, according to the species to the cherry. Therefore, the famous Japanese sakura is also bird cherry. Finely serrated Amonogova decorative tree domed shape. Terry flowers of white-pink color cover the entire tree. Extraordinarily beautiful bloom and delicate aroma glorified sakura as one of the miracles created by nature.

Elderberry is a delicacy for many bird species. Favorite views herbaceous plants are often considered by us as weeds. Sandwich, chamomile, vetiver, thistle, St. John's wort and evening primrose are plants whose seeds feed on common twigs - corns, crowns or clumps. Stinging nettles, in turn, will contain hiding places for bushes and cows. The fence or composter should be covered with vines - five-leaf vines, vines, or common ivy - to be used by the birds as a hatching site, refuge from predators, or living quarters.

Ssyori (Far Eastern, Ainu)

A beautiful powerful tree, reaching from 10 to 20 meters in height. Distribution area Kuril Islands and Sakhalin. When the inflorescences bloom, they are painted in a red-lilac color, later turning white. The length of the inflorescence is up to 15 centimeters, with a beautiful bell-shaped flower and a delicate aroma.. large berries up to 12 mm.

In nettle nests, you can nest one of the wobblers - freckles. If we decide to plant a hedge, it is best to create it from evergreen shrubs. Among their dense branches, they nest in nests or calligraphies. It is important that bushes or trees with late ripening fruit appear in the garden. They will provide food for our winged neighbors in the most difficult of them - in autumn and winter. Berbers, lilac, black, cherry, bumblebee or hawthorn are just some of the bushes whose fruits are loved by scythes, chickens, gizzards and jellies.

Apple, cherry, pear and plum blossoms left on the branches will be an excellent source of food when snow falls and frost sets in. Don't forget the pond! Garden-friendly birds cannot be deprived of water. So think about creating small pond where the birds will satisfy their thirst and take a bath. Remember that the edges of the tank should not be too steep. It is best to cover them with stones or rub them with gravel. If there is not enough space in the garden, let's have a bird's nest in a shady place filled with water under a flower pot.

The healing properties of the tree

Healers in ancient times knew about the healing properties of the plant, which are contained in the bark, leaves and berries.

Therefore, actively used for treatment:

• phytoncides, which are contained in the bark of a tree, were used in the form of decoctions or made tinctures. The bark was removed in thin strips in the spring. Used as an anti-inflammatory, anti-febrile and diaphoretic. Good help tinctures for rheumatism.

The bark and leaves contain hydrocyanic acid, so you need to be extremely careful in dosages.

Remember to always replace and replenish water. Watching the bathing birds will bring us a lot of joy! Most birds in the immediate vicinity of people bend their nests on tree branches or in dense shrubs. But there are also those that nest in the voids or hollows of buildings. We can help them by organizing shelters in places where there are no natural shelters.

Boxes have different design and size. There are also boxes for large birds. Almost every species favors a different case. So, there are no universal boxes and hanging in the garden of the bird house, we need to know if we want its inhabitant to be a tiktorka, a starling or a jackfruit! Monkeys are a common inhabitant of breeding boxes.

• with lung diseases useful decoction of leaves and flowers. An infusion of flowers heals the mucous membranes of the eyes. The bark is used to treat rheumatism;

• fruits are a storehouse of vitamins and useful elements . Vitamins P, the so-called flavonoids, strengthen the walls of blood vessels. Amygdalin (B17, most found in the bones) is used as an antitumor and anticancer agent. Sugar, citric, ascorbic, malic, essential and fatty oils (in seeds), mineral elements, including molybdenum and titanium, are found in fruits. Therefore, they are used as a restorative agent for many diseases of the stomach, colds. Tanning and binders fruits are used to combat diarrhea;

It is thanks to these properties that bird cherry has found application in medicine and home cooking.

Use in cooking

Bird cherry is widely used in cooking. In terms of taste, the berries are inferior to relatives - cherries, and plums. because of a slightly astringent taste and sourness, but they are good for the body and fragrant.

Dried fruits of berries are ground into flour. Used as an additive to bakery products. Baking acquires a delicate delicate aroma.

Use:

• a cake is baked from bird cherry flour;
• make delicious bird cherry kvass;
• on its basis make tinctures, liqueurs;
• fresh berries are an excellent filling for pies;
• make kissels, fruit drinks, syrups;
• young leaves can be used for salads;
• brew tea;
• make jam.

Bird cherry is especially valuable for the northern regions., where berries that can be grown in temperate latitudes cannot ripen.

Bird cherry is widely distributed throughout our country. It pleases with flowering and delicate aroma. Used in medicine and cooking. Gardeners are planting varieties of the new selection. Used in landscaping decorative types trees. Poets and writers wrote about bird cherry with warmth and love.

Red bird cherry is also called. This is an unusually beautiful tree with delicious and healthy berries. For a gardener, this is a real find: the tree is very unpretentious in care, resistant to negative factors environment, bears fruit well and for a long time, and red berries can be used both in cooking and in folk medicine. In addition, red bird cherry is very decorative and will decorate any garden plot.

• In height, it can reach 7 meters.
• The leaves are dark green, slightly elongated, smooth.
• The flowers, as befits a bird cherry, are white, almost odorless, collected in brushes up to 15 cm long.
• Unlike common bird cherry with black berries, red bird cherry has dark red larger fruits. They have a more pleasant taste, not as tart as common bird cherry.

The red bird cherry is also ornamental plant. She is beautiful at any time of the year. During the time it is covered with white flowers, like lace, during fruiting, red berries appear that hold even during frosts, and in autumn the foliage also becomes reddish. In the middle lane, red bird cherry is less common due to its lower frost resistance. However, with proper care, it can survive the cold.

The most popular varieties of red bird cherry are Narym and Taiga, Rassvet, Samoplodnaya.

They differ in the height of the bush, color, size and taste of fruits, as well as properties. Variety Narym and Taiga are relatively low shrubs, up to 4 m. They have dense foliage, bloom beautifully and luxuriantly, and then give medium-sized sweet and sour red fruits. Up to 5 kg of berries can be collected from each tree, but they are planted in groups, since they are not pollinated individually.

Dawn is an early and low variety (up to 3 m). The fruits are not large, but appear regularly. The shrub bears fruit regularly. Although the berries are small in size, with proper care you can collect up to 10 kg of crop from a bush.

won't be labor intensive. Among the methods of reproduction, the most popular are the following:

• Bones. Reproduction by bones is the longest and most laborious. A planted stone will not sprout soon, and such a tree will begin to bear fruit in the 7th year. The stone should be planted in the fall in the prepared soil to a depth of no more than 5-6 cm. You can do this in the spring, but then the bones need to be prepared (). To do this, the seeds are placed in the soil and put in the refrigerator for a certain time to simulate the conditions winter period rest. After that, they will rise better. The stratification period lasts 3-4 months.
• . Cherry is well propagated by green cuttings. When the shoots stop growing, you need to cut several cuttings up to 15 cm long. The leaves from the cutting must be removed, leaving only 2-3 pieces at the top. Ready cuttings should be soaked in water or a special solution that stimulates growth. The next day, they are planted in a special nutrient soil, deepened by 2-3 cm, covered with a film on top, creating greenhouse conditions. When the cuttings give good roots, they can be planted in open ground. At first, the seedling will grow slowly. It needs to be fed and watered regularly.
• Root growth. Virgin bird cherry is rich in root shoots, so this method of reproduction is also quite effective and simple. To do this, you need to separate part of the roots from the mother plant in the spring, and plant the most rooted ones in the fall.
• layering. Reproduction by layering is somewhat more complex and requires accuracy. Holes about 10 cm deep are made around the mother plant in spring. Layers are added to these holes and fixed with wooden pegs. These layerings need to be spudded regularly and. It is possible to separate the layers from the mother tree only in the fall, when they are sufficiently rooted. After a while, they can be planted in a permanent place.

Red bird cherry is unpretentious in care. It is quite resistant to frost, drought, pests and diseases. However, to achieve the maximum result is possible only if certain simple rules caring for red bird cherry:

1. If you are planting already grown seedlings, you need to dig a fairly spacious hole in which all the roots will fit freely. In order for the tree to take root well, you need to put it in this hole. You can also use organic matter, but in limited quantities.
2. Red bird cherry should be watered abundantly only after planting. If the tree has already grown stronger and has taken root, it is good enough to pour it 2-3 times during the growth period. It is necessary that the soil is well saturated with water by about 20-30 cm.
3. Most varieties of red bird cherry are cross-pollinated, so it is undesirable to plant bird cherry alone. The distance between the trees should be at least 2 m, as they grow. You can plant bird cherry of different varieties.
4. After planting, the seedling must be cut by 50-60 cm, then the first branches will begin to grow lower, the bird cherry will be more magnificent. As the main shoot grows, it is pruned annually to form a shrub.
5. The soil around the bird cherry must be weeded, cleared of it, and also regularly loosened so that the crust does not prevent the roots from being saturated with oxygen.
6. Every spring, bird cherry should be fed with mineral fertilizers. Immediately after, you need to loosen the ground by 50-60 cm, and do not leave fertilizer on the surface.
7. Red cherry must be cut and. Thus, you can grow either a tree or a branched shrub. To make it easier to care for and harvest, the height of the bird cherry must be adjusted. Optimal Height- 3 m. The side branches also need to be cut so that the bird cherry spends more energy on fruits, and not foliage.
8. Once every 3 years can be applied to a depth of 10 cm organic fertilizers type of manure, but it is advisable not to overdo it.

Red bird cherry looks very beautiful in the garden. It can decorate parks and alleys. Red berries hold well on branches and can last all winter, decorating the site even in the cold season.

Apart from decorative application bird cherry can be actively used in cooking.

Due to the fact that red berries are sweeter and more pleasant than ordinary black ones, they can be eaten fresh. They are rich in vitamin C, strengthen the immune system, promote rejuvenation of the body, improve the functioning of the stomach and intestines.

However, you should be careful with fresh berries for those who suffer from gastritis with hyperacidity gastric juice. From the fruits of red bird cherry, you can make bird cherry flour, fillings for pies, they are good to add to jams and compotes.

AT folk medicine fruits, branches, and leaves of red bird cherry are widely used:

• The berries contain a lot of tannins, which make them a little astringent in taste. For this reason, the berries have a fixing effect, useful for diarrhea, but undesirable for chronic constipation. However, bird cherry rarely leads to constipation, because, among other things, the fruits contain a lot of fiber, which has a beneficial effect on intestinal motility.
• Also, the fruits and leaves of red bird cherry have a disinfecting effect. A decoction of leaves and berries has long been known for its antimicrobial action. Moreover, you can not only drink this decoction, but also process the room in order to destroy microbes and drive away small insects.
• Bird cherry contains potassium and vitamin P, which help strengthen the walls of capillaries and improve the functioning of the cardiovascular system.
• The fruits of red bird cherry also have a beneficial effect on the urinary system. They remove toxins from the body and have a diuretic effect. As a diuretic, you can use not only berries, but also buds, leaves, bark.

More information can be found in the video.

Rosaceae family, genus bird cherry. - this tree is up to 10-15 meters high, in its distinctive properties, it is similar to the bird cherry.This species, belongs to the rose family, is both in the form of a tree and in the form of a shrub.

Virgin bird cherry - tree description, photo and video

The shrub, as a rule, does not grow more than 4-5 meters. It prefers to bloom in May, but this is in the southern regions of Russia, and in the northern regions in June. This species grows mainly along the banks major rivers, loves fertile and moist soil. North America is rightfully considered the homeland, hence the name. This species is similar to the common bird cherry, primarily in its properties.

The leaves have different shape, but mostly it is either ovoid or oblong. When the leaves of this species open, they turn brown-green, and in summer they turn dark green. In autumn they turn into various paints, a very scenic sight.

Bird cherry blossoms very profusely, this is a very beautiful sight, since from bottom to top, the bush is covered with white openwork foam, this is a very beautiful phenomenon. In general, this view is beautiful in all seasons, for example, in summer with its large decorative leaves, or in autumn when orange-red fruits ripen.

Every year this plant begins to bear fruit from the age of 7, flowers almost always white color collected cylindrical inflorescence. Flowering lasts about two weeks, and the fruits usually ripen in summer, but dry quickly. The fruits can decorate the tree for quite some time, until May next year. The fruits are slightly larger than those of the bird cherry, if scientifically it is a spherical drupe, they are both dark red and black, edible. The taste of this fruit is quite pleasant, sweet and sour, to be precise, not very tart.

The fruits are very useful, as they contain many vitamins, such as A and C, as well as citric and malic acids. From one bush, it is possible to collect about 5-10 kilograms, it all depends on the year, if the rains were plentiful, then there is an opportunity to collect more.

It propagates quite easily, namely by seeds and shoots. Bushes planted with the help of shoots grow already in the 4th year, and planted with seeds, only in the 7th. In the first years, the bush grows slowly, in two years it can reach a maximum of 40-5 centimeters. For example, we can say that the seeds of bird cherry, during this time grow up to 110-120 centimeters.

Bird cherry virgin is not whimsical enough, easily withstands slight shading. Such bushes can be planted almost everywhere, for example, near the house, or along the fence. If you plant on the site, it will seriously help you save space, and for better pollination, you should plant a lot of them, and best of all nearby, namely at a distance of 1.5 - 2 meters.

But it should also be taken into account that this species requires fertile and very moist soil. Caring for these bushes is quite simple, you only need to occasionally loosen the soil, and of course water regularly, as well as weeding. Needs also organic and mineral fertilizers. But, in terms of winter hardiness, this species is inferior to the bird cherry, in some severe frost years, whole branches can freeze slightly. This species is resistant to various diseases, namely, it is practically not susceptible to such insects as aphids and moths.

Bird cherry is often used in landscaping cities, mainly in group or single plantings. The valuable wood of this tree is used to make furniture. The bark is also a very valuable product and is used for medicinal purposes. It is most common in the European part of Russia, as well as in Western Siberia.

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