Choosing a sea buckthorn variety for your garden

Many of us remember well the real sea buckthorn boom that took place in the mid-80s of the last century. But time has passed, passions have subsided, and today sea buckthorn, beloved by many culture, is an obligatory inhabitant of almost every garden. Especially the berry will appeal to those who like Abkhaz cuisine, sea buckthorn berries are an essential component in many national dishes of this country. The varieties of garden sea buckthorn are diverse, and it can be difficult to navigate right away in them.

Content

1 Large varieties
2 Video "Sorts"
3 Varieties of thornless sea buckthorn
4 Harvest varieties
5 Frost-resistant varieties
6 Video "Leaving"

Large varieties

The sea buckthorn we are used to, which grows in natural conditions, bears fruit with small berries weighing no more than 0.3 grams. While its garden variety is capable of giving fruits twice as large. But there are the best varieties of sea buckthorn, the mass of the berries of which can reach 1.5 grams.

Openwork sea buckthorn

In addition to the fact that this variety is distinguished by large fruits, it is also thornless.

Harvesting from such a bush is a pleasure. The berries are bright, orange, cylindrical in shape. The weight of each fruit is within 1 gram.

The variety is characterized by early ripening and amicable ripening. The culture is resistant to weather conditions, temperature fluctuations, and irrigation regime.

Augustine

Sea buckthorn varieties Augustina bears fruit in large berries - each weighing more than 1 gram. The culture forms large fruits of an unusual ovoid shape.

Such sea buckthorn bears fruit interestingly - a compact and loose "herringbone" of orange fruits greatly simplifies the harvesting procedure, the berries grow close to each other, and are not scattered along the entire length of the branch. This type of crop gives a good harvest - one adult plant per season will give you about 17 kg of berries.

Elizabeth

A winter-hardy variety characterized by a compact bush with a neat crown that does not need numerous shaping pruning.

Each fruit reaches a weight of 1 gram, the taste is distantly reminiscent of pineapple. A berry with a long stalk, thanks to which the harvest is easy and convenient to harvest.

This variety is highly resistant to diseases and pests, and is characterized by a late ripening period.

Video "Sorts"

From the video you will learn some interesting facts about sea buckthorn varieties.

Varieties of thornless sea buckthorn

The thornless sea buckthorn forms an ordinary shrub characteristic of the culture, the only difference of which is the absence of sharp thorns. For this variety, we should be especially grateful to breeders, since caring for such a plant is absolutely safe for the gardener.

Giant

This variety can be presented in several varieties - the plants form a shrub or a full-fledged tree. The variety is characterized by classic taste (sweet and sour), color (bright orange) and shape (cylindrical).

Altai

Altai sea buckthorn is almost completely devoid of thorns, the ripening period falls on the last days of August. The berries are attractive, orange, medium in size and have a sweet taste. It is easy to harvest from a shrub of this variety - the fruits are easily plucked without violating the integrity of the shell.

Solar

The plant is a sprawling, imposing bush with a lush crown. The berries are characterized by a pleasant amber hue, sweetish taste and a high content of sea buckthorn oil.

Harvest varieties

Sea buckthorn varieties, which are characterized by high yields, have appeared relatively recently. One such adult plant can give a gardener about 18 kilograms of berries, instead of the standard three.

Botanical

The variety is most common in commercial cultivation - with proper care, each adult tree can produce up to 20 kg of berries! At the same time, the fruits ripen large, red-orange in color, are juicy and excellent keeping quality.

Chuiskaya

Chuiskaya sea buckthorn forms a low compact tree with round-shaped fruits that have a traditional sweet and sour taste. The berries ripen in summer, each plant will give you about 12 kg.

Darling

This variety is characterized by a medium-sized shrub, without thorns, with a whitish bloom on the leaves. The culture produces bright orange fruits, tasty and juicy. Mass ripening of the crop occurs at the end of summer, the plants are resistant to frost and pest damage.

Frost-resistant varieties

Sea buckthorn, as a culture, refers to plants for which the Siberian climate is more acceptable (if we compare, for example, Abkhazia and Russia, then sea buckthorn will be much more comfortable here), respectively, and the culture's resistance to cold is quite high. But there are varietal varieties in which this indicator is simply at an exorbitant height.

Trofimovskaya

Tall shrub with a spreading crown and large orange fruits. Elongated berries containing a large amount of ascorbic acid.

Jam

Sea buckthorn variety Dzhemovaya ripens in medium terms, is resistant to dry periods. The fruits are pleasant to the taste, sweet and sour, most often used for processing and preparation for future use - they are used to prepare juices, jams, and freeze.

Gift of Katun

Forms medium-sized round fruits that are ready for harvest by mid-August. Plants will begin to bear fruit no earlier than the third year after planting, and will continue until the age of 12. One adult plant every year will give you about 15 kg of healthy and tasty berries.

Of course, these are far from all sea buckthorn varieties, but only the most popular and often found in Russia. Be sure to try to get to know this culture better. We are sure you will be satisfied with the result.

Video "Leaving"

From the video you will learn how to care for sea buckthorn.