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lovers of the landowner and unusual gardeners will be a good idea of the developer of the gardener and raspberry seedlings.
This culture is sometimes called:
- Raspberry Tibetan due to the fact that the natural sources of its origin are in the Himalayas.
- Rosalyn - this name stuck in the Baltic countries, from where the plant smoothly migrated to our latitudes.
- Strawberry raspberry - for the inherent flavor of the fruit.
Raspberry pink( rose-colored), despite the name and active fruiting, is considered more like a decorative than a fruit crop.
Appearance and vegetation of raspberry rosewood
Rose-red raspberry grows like a half-shrub, the height of shoots is from 60 cm to 1.5 m depending on conditions and care. The foliage is delicate green, jagged, corrugated, very beautiful.
Flowering is continuous with large white flowers having a diameter of up to 4 cm. Flowering begins in June and does not stop until late autumn, the flowers constantly bloom next to the ripening berries.
The fruits are bright coral, very large, some reach 3 cm in diameter( approximately the size of a walnut), are directed upwards, do not hide under foliage and are visible from afar.
In general, most of the season raspberry leaves are a beautiful shrub, decorated with flowers and fruits, first light green, then bright pale red.
Similar beauty growing near the fence or on the lawn attracts the eyes of all passersby.
Disadvantages of rozolistnoy raspberry are also present, which significantly limits the interest in its reproduction:
- First, it is the vague taste of the berries, which can not be compared with real raspberries.
- Secondly, the shrub is very prickly. Thorns in shape resemble pink or wild rose bushes and grow not only on the branches, but also on the back of the foliage. It is recommended to be near it only with gloves and closed working clothes in order to avoid scratches.
Planting a pink raspberry
Rosewood raspberry - the plant is not too demanding, but you need to know some rules for care.
Raspberry is planted in the fall before frosts occur. With the spring planting periods survival rate is much worse.
The plant prefers open places under the sun and fertile areas. In the first years it needs to be watered up to the full survival of the plant.
When planting raspberries, you must remember that it, like all raspberries, is quickly propagated by the root shoots. She needs to take a place where the raspberry will not interfere with other plants or to fence off plantings, digging deep into the ground metal or slate sheets impenetrable to the roots. In places of its natural growth, raspberries are considered a weed plant for its rapid growth.
Given the strong thorniness of bushes, they can be planted along the fence. Thick leafy branches do not allow not only people, but also dogs and cats to the garden. You can plant individual bushes on lawns or in areas where there is no other vegetation.
If you don't want the pink raspberries to take up too much space, they put it in a barrel or a spacious pot and drop it in a permanent place.
The first crop appears in the third or fourth year after the planting of the bushes to the soil.
Before you decide on planting a pink-colored raspberry, remember that if it grows, then it will be as difficult to remove as a blackberry or ordinary raspberry. Plants are restored from the remaining roots in the soil.
Care for pink raspberries
The care of a pink raspberry consists of weeding, loosening and watering in particularly dry weather. To ensure that the topsoil does not dry out, it is recommended to mulch the soil, especially in young rarely growing plants.
The plant does not need winter shelters, the roots winter well in any frost.
During the fall and winter, all the stems die off, in the spring they can be carefully cut and burned. Do not forget that you need to work in gloves, as the spikes and on dead shoots do not lose their thorniness. 
Raspberry grows quickly, begins to bloom and bear fruit on the shoots grown in the current year.
Harvesting is done as it ripens. The berries are juicy, but do not have a certain taste. Recommended for children, as they do not cause allergies.
In the blanks, together with other fruits, it introduces a strawberry smell in jams and preserves. Can be used with currants or other fruits.
In the countries of the east, the fruits of pink raspberries are equated to vegetables and are used in salads with tomatoes, salt and pepper.
For commercial purposes, fruits are not used due to low transportability.
