Mountain-Ash. Rowan. Sorbus aucuparia. Seeds.

Mountain-Ash. Rowan. Sorbus aucuparia. Seeds. 

This tree is shrouded in legends in the northern countries.

Rowan was planted near houses, in yards at the entrance, branches were pinned to windows and doors to scare away evil spirits.

Bowls made of rowan wood were very popular.

Rowan can grow both as a shrub and as a tree from 3 to 20 m in height, depending on growing conditions and shaping.

The flowers are beautiful and fragrant, attracting bees.

Rowan fruits are very tasty to birds, so rowan in the garden also ensures the presence of birds, both for observation and for the overall health of the garden.

You can get juice from fresh fruits, cook jams, dry and freeze them, and make jams with meat dishes, but the berries of ordinary rowan are bitter, although very healthy.

Rowan berries contain flavonoids, glycoside, parasorboside, pectin substances, glucose, fructose, sucrose, sorbic acid, vitamins, Seeds contain amygaldin., iron, manganese, chromium, zinc, selenium, aluminum.

Rowan flowers contain flavonoids, spiroezide, quercitrin.

Rowan leaves contain ascorbic acid, flavonoids.

Seeds are stored in the refrigerator for 4 weeks (stratification), then sown in a pot, in a seed peat substrate. The soil should be constantly moist, but not wet, the base temperature should be around 21 degrees.

Sowing can be done from March to mid-April.

Seeds in a package of 5 pcs.

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