Sand cherry has earned world recognition

Sandy cherry, home to which are the northern regions of America, is a drought-resistant and frost-hardened bush reaching a meter and a half. The area of its growth is a steppe with a harsh, arid climate. It has thin undressed reddish trunks. The shoots of the first year are upright, but in due course, they are lignified, they turn the cherry into a spreading bush. The leaves are dense and leathery, about 5 cm long. During the growing season, they are dark green, and by the autumn they acquire orange-red shades. Inflorescence, like any cherry, umbrella, consisting of 2-3 buds. Ovaries appear after 23 days. The fruits are tart to taste, in the last phase of maturation they become purplish-black.

Selecting a landing site

Cherry cultivation is performed on humus-rich air-permeable soils, but it is also possible to cultivate the plant on sandy soils. When choosing a place in the garden, preference is given to the one where there is no draft. If the site has a certain angle of inclination, it is better to plant a shrub on its upper part, since in the lowland it can vyprevat. Quite popular in landscape design, sand cherry is very decorative looks both in groups and in individual plantings, especially during flowering. Use this species can be and to strengthen the slopes.

Cultivation and care

The implementation of complex measures to care for this species will yield a large harvest. Throughout the vegetative period, it is necessary to weed out all the vegetation under the cherry, which can compete with the consumption of nutrients and water from the soil. Loosening, mulching, shallow digging will give the plant additional strength that will be useful to it during fruiting. Obligatory watering is required after the flowering (50 liters per 1 sq. M.), And also in the period when the fruit begins to flood, and in the autumn, before the wintering. If there is a long hot weather, it is worthwhile to produce additional watering.

Fertilizer and trimming

Cherry sandy is very responsive to the application of fertilizers. Feed the plant need infrequently, but regularly. It is obligatory to do this after flowering, once again - in the autumn. In the spring mineral fertilizing is used, and for the winter - organic. It is desirable to combine this process with watering works. Sand cherry, like any other, requires pruning to form the crown. As a rule, it is produced in the early spring before the beginning of vegetation. Sanitary pruning is carried out as required. The above-mentioned measures make it possible to achieve decorativeness and abundant harvest. To obtain the latter apply group plantings from different types of cherries, so it needs pollination by other varieties. Reproduction is performed by all known methods. For this, seeds, cuttings, and layers, and grafts are used.

World Recognition

From fruits of sandy cherries juice, jam, mousse, compotes are made. Various parts of this plant are used in folk medicine and cosmetology. Due to its grace, sand cherry has gained worldwide recognition of gardeners.