Rosehip is grown not only by those who appreciate its gentle flowering, like the queen of the garden - a majestic rose. At the same time, many gardeners choose not the ornamental quality of the shrubbery, but the harvest, which contains a large amount of vitamin C, in order to grow a perennial plant. In addition, the hips , from which a useful infusion is prepared, contribute to the removal of excess fluid from the body. But, not meeting with prickly bushes before, inexperienced gardeners are often interested in how many times a rose berry grows in life. Let's figure it out.
How many times does the dogrose bear fruit?
In general, after the planting of the seedling or cuttings, the young plant spends all its energy on the intensive development of the root system and the aerial part during the first years. And only on the second, and more often on the third, the young bush pleases the owner with a small bunch of fruits. By the way, many are not aware of the fruit of rose hips. It is a so-called multi-rounder, that is, a complex fruit, which consists of nuts, located in an overgrown papillae. Mnogoroshek reaches up to one and a half centimeters in diameter, and when maturing it takes a purple, red or black color. If you are interested in the name of the rose hips, this is a difficult-to-pronounce word - cynarrodia.
So, as to how much the briar bears fruit, it should be pointed out that, starting from the third year, the shrub regularly yields crops almost throughout their entire life. The period of plant existence usually reaches on the average 20-25 years. This means that conditionally the dog rose fructifies 17-22 times. The abundance of fruiting is not even. It is known that the maximum yield repeats every three to five years of growth of a perennial shrub. And, most of all the fruits on the branches of the prickly bush can be found on the fourth or sixth year of life.