Honeysuckle

In the nature of our country found 51 species of honeysuckle. Almost all species of this genus the fruits are inedible, eat only the fruits of honeysuckle Altai, Kamchatka, Turchaninova and edible. They vary in height shrubs, flowers, shapes and sizes of leaves, fruits. This is mainly shrub up to 2 meters, with spherical crown, opposite leaves. The fruits are sitting in pairs, the shape of various fruits, coloring from blue to dark blue. No less than a form and they differ in taste. In most of the vines fruit tart, sometimes bitter, but there are sweet-sour and sweet, resembling blueberries.

In the wild honeysuckle grows in sparsely coniferous and mixed forests, wet fir, in lowland and deciduous forests of Europe part of our country to the Far East, preferring the edge of forests and forest meadows. Are beginning to plant honeysuckle in parks and gardens as an ornamental plant, is used to secure the slopes, gullies and landslides. Thick, durable shrubs do not require special care and beautify any garden. In honeysuckle has few remarkable properties that distinguish it among all other fruit bushes.

First, the cultural forms that plants can grow almost throughout the country, and secondly, the fruits of honeysuckle differ unusually early ripening: in Moscow For example, its benefits can already be removed in late June in Siberia - in early August and the fruit can usually be collected at 2 weeks before the strawberries and, third, its fruit - a real piggy vitamins. Juicy fruit edible species of honeysuckle, use fresh, triturated with sugar, cook jelly, jam, juice and fruit drink, use in dried form.

Use honeysuckle and therapeutic purposes, especially in Tibetan medicine. Fruits contain carbohydrates, vitamins, flavonoids, and they have astringent, anti-inflammatory action, appointed for malaria, anemia, hypertension, beriberi.

In cosmetics using anti-inflammatory, kapillyaroukreplyayuschee action honeysuckle fruit: with their help treat a variety of lichens and ulcers; bath of the young twigs helps with skin diseases, infusion of leaves rinse hair after washing.

also edible species of honeysuckle, are widespread: honeysuckle decorative with yellow flowers and dark purple fruits, Tatarian honeysuckle, which has fragrant pink flowers, alpine - with red fruit, honeysuckle Caucasian - with purple flowers and blue-black fruits, fragrant honeysuckle, so named for a surprisingly pleasant smell of flowers and other

All kinds of honeysuckle may be used in cosmetics: from the juicy fruits make a hydrating mask to the face from which the skin becomes soft and supple.

plants can reproduce by seed, but this gives a very bitty seed. The easiest method of propagation - the division of the bushes. Can breed and layering, as gooseberries or currants: while shoots sprinkled with soil and watered. Propagated and woody shoots: this autumn cut twigs with 4-5 buds and added dropwise into the beds, leaving the top surface with 2 - 3 buds. The best way to mass reproduction - cuttings.