Eleutherococcus prickly Esculap, seeds Gavrish 3pcs

Winter-hardy low-branched shrub with a height of 2-2.5 m (up to 4-5 m). Young shoots are yellow, densely covered with thin thorns, slightly downward, old ones are light gray with fewer thorns. Leaves are long-petiolate, complex, five-fingered, dark green above, smooth, lighter below. The flowers are small, with pale purple or yellow petals, at the tops of the branches are collected in spherical umbrellas on long peduncles. Fruits are black, berry-like drupes, spherical or slightly oblong in shape, up to 1 cm in diameter, with a pleasant light aroma. Eleutherococcus blooms in July-August, the fruits ripen in September-October. The plant is shade-tolerant, prefers fertile, well-moisturized soils. Before sowing, the seeds are kept at room temperature for 2-3 months, gradually reducing it to + 5 ° C, then 1.5-2 months at 0-3 ° C. Seed treatment with growth regulators before stratification increases germination. When sowing seeds in spring, seedlings appear only in the 2nd year. Young plants develop slowly and bloom in the 4th-5th year. Eleutherococcus is interesting in single and group plantings, landscape parks, as live uncut hedges. Used in medicine: preparations from the leaves, berries and rhizomes of Eleutherococcus increase the efficiency and endurance of the body, improve well-being.