Roxanne's honeysuckle

Roxanne's honeysuckle
The main characteristics of the variety:
  • Authors: Ivan Karpovich Gidzyuk, Anna Trofimovna Tkacheva (NIISS named after M.A.Lisavenko and FSUE Bakcharskoe)
  • Year of approval: 2002
  • Growth type: medium-sized
  • Description of the bush: compressed
  • Bush height, m: 1,2
  • Escapes: thick, straight, dark green
  • Leaves: large, dark green, medium pubescent
  • Crown: rounded
  • Fruit size: large
  • Fruit weight, g: 1,3-1,8
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To get a good harvest from Roxanne's honeysuckle, it is necessary to provide it with proper care. This is not only timely pruning, but also watering, fertilizing.

Description of the variety

This variety is medium-sized. The bushes grow and have a rounded, compressed shape. Their average height is 1.2 m. The crown diameter is about a meter.

Fruit characteristics

Roxanne honeysuckle fruits for universal use. Quite large, weighing from 1.3 to 1.8 grams. They are heterogeneous, irregular and elongated in shape. The color is dark purple, very close to black.

Taste qualities

Roxanne's honeysuckle has a strong aroma, the fruit tastes sweet and sour.

Ripening and fruiting

The variety is early, begins to bear fruit by the end of June. The crop can be harvested every year.

Yield

This figure is at 1.6 kg per bush, maximum 1.8 kg / bush.

Honeysuckle pleases the owners of the site not only with a beautiful color, but also with fruits with an unusual taste. When planning to plant it on your site, it is important to learn everything about the fruiting of the bush.

Growing regions

It is possible to grow Roxana's honeysuckle in any region of the country.

Self-fertility and the need for pollinators

The variety is self-fertile, pollinators are needed.

Growing and care

Roxanne's honeysuckle is ideal for decorating the southern wall of the house. They planted it near the fence, after a few years they get a dense green curtain. It takes a little patience to wait for flowers - the plant starts flowering, usually three years after planting.

The soil for Roxanne's honeysuckle must be permeable, fertile and rich in humus, therefore, a lot of peat and compost will need to be distributed on the site before planting. Experts advise adding a little lime or wood ash to the soil, since Roxana grows better and blooms profusely on neutral or slightly alkaline soils. This shrub shows poor growth in nutrient-poor soil.

It is worth planting shrubs at a distance of at least 3 meters from each other. The size of the planting pit is 50x70 cm. It is imperative to lay drainage on the bottom and add a bucket of peat and a glass of ash. Expanded clay, brick chips or ordinary sawdust have recently been most often used as drainage.

When the bush is buried, first cover the roots in half, then tamp the ground, removing air pockets. 30 cm of peat is laid on top and the remains are filled with garden soil.

Before landing, preparatory work is carried out. They boil down to cleaning the site from weeds, plowing and enriching the soil with humus. One square meter will require up to 10 kg.

When growing this variety of honeysuckle, the main thing is soil moisture. Plants do not tolerate wetlands and sandy lands. The ground for them should always be slightly moist, therefore, during dry periods, intensive watering of Roxan's honeysuckle should be done. A young plant should take 3 buckets of water, for an adult up to 6.Irrigation is carried out every 5-10 days, depending on the moisture content of the soil.

Young shrubs that are not yet 3 years old after planting should not be cut off. Adults blooming form once every three years. All shoots can be cut to one third of their length, thereby provoking active new growth.

Older shrubs of this variety tend to become bare over time from below. When the plant only forms flowers and leaves at the top, it is a sign that it is time to do anti-aging pruning. In order not to lose color at all, such a procedure should be done in a cycle for two years - half of the shoots every year.

You can propagate Roxan's honeysuckle in early spring by dividing the bush. When digging up seedlings, care must be taken not to damage the root system. During flowering, the plant requires regular watering and intensive feeding. Shrubs must be fed with multicomponent mineral fertilizers at least once a month. To make your work easier, you can use long-acting fertilizers, then one procedure at the end of April is enough.

Roxanne's honeysuckle responds well to organic matter. It can be compost or well-rotted manure. Wood ash is popular.

You can plant honeysuckle in open ground in spring, summer and autumn. Best of all, honeysuckle grows in an illuminated low-lying swampy place, while the site must be reliably protected from the wind. It is desirable that the soil is loamy or sandy loam. If the soil is poor, then it will first need to be fertilized.
In order for honeysuckle to bloom and bear fruit well, it needs to be properly cared for. One of the main procedures that affects the appearance and yield of this plant is shoot pruning. Without timely care, bushes prone to thickening rapidly turn into wild thickets with diseased and stunted plants, the number of young shoots decreases, the quantity and quality of berries decreases.

Disease and pest resistance

The plant shows excellent resistance to diseases and pests.

Timely fight against diseases and pests of honeysuckle allows you to grow a healthy crop, used both for decorative purposes and for harvesting fragrant berries. When growing honeysuckle, it is necessary to know the main diseases of the crop, common pests, as well as effective measures to combat them.

Winter hardiness and the need for shelter

Roxana's honeysuckle is a winter-hardy variety that does not require shelter.

Location and soil requirements

For planting, a place where the sun or partial shade is present all day is suitable. The more sun, the faster the berries will sing, and their taste will improve.

As for the soil, it should not be waterlogged, so swampy areas or heavy clay soil are not suitable for planting.

Although honeysuckle loves abundant watering, water should not stagnate in the ground, so it is better to first determine how close the groundwater is to the surface of the earth. The ideal soil is loam and black soil.

In order to increase the amount of honeysuckle in your area, it is not necessary to purchase planting material, it is quite possible to multiply the varieties you like yourself. There are several ways to breed honeysuckle: cuttings, layering, root shoots, dividing the bush, and also sowing seeds.
Main characteristics
Authors
Ivan Karpovich Gidzyuk, Anna Trofimovna Tkacheva (NIISS named after M.A.Lisavenko and FSUE Bakcharskoe)
Year of approval
2002
Average yield
1.6 kg per bush
Maximum yield
1.8 kg / bush
Appointment
universal
Bush
Growth type
medium-sized
Description of the bush
compressed
Crown
rounded
Bush height, m
1,2
Bush diameter, m
1
Escapes
thick, straight, dark green
Leaves
large, dark green, medium pubescent
Fruit
Fruit size
large
Fruit weight, g
1,3-1,8
Fruit shape
heterogeneous: elongated, irregular, elongated-elliptical
Fruit color
dark purple, almost black
Skin
dense, waxy bloom
Pulp (consistency)
fibrous
Taste
sweet and sour, dessert
Scent
strong
Crumbling
weak
Fruit composition
sugar 7.8%, acid 1.6%, vitamin C 26.4 mg /%
Tasting assessment
4.5 points
Growing
Self-fertility
self-infertile
Winter hardiness
steady
Watering
does not tolerate waterlogging
Location
sun and partial shade
Growing regions
North, North-West, Central, Volgo-Vyatka, TsChO, North Caucasian, Middle Volga, Nizhnevolzhsky, Ural, West Siberian, East Siberian, Far East
Disease and pest resistance
steady
Maturation
Ripening terms
early
Fruiting period
at the end of June
Frequency of fruiting
annually
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