Chinese hawthorn ‚Sadova’

Ripening

August bis September, teils bis Oktober

Use

Fruchtstaende roh oder getrocknet, Tee Aufguss, Traditionelle Anwendung in der TCM

Of note

selbstfruchtend (ein Exemplar traegt allein), winterhart und robust

About this variety

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Sadova No.1 is a Ukrainian, self-fertile variety of the magnolia vine (Schisandra chinensis), a hardy, twining climber with red, grape-like fruit clusters. As a self-fertile variety it bears even as a single specimen, so you do not need a second plant for pollination. It reaches about 3 m and climbs a trellis in a sheltered, partly shaded spot with moist, free-draining and nutrient-rich soil. The white to cream-coloured flowers appear in May to June, the red fruit clusters ripen from August to September, in cooler locations into October. The variety is considered robust and easy to care for. The first fruits set only a few years after planting, and from then on it bears reliably.

The fruits of the magnolia vine are regarded as complex in flavour, sour, bitter, sweet, salty and pungent all at once, which is where the name five-flavour berry comes from. They can be nibbled raw, dried or steeped as a tea. On flavour nuances specific to Sadova No.1 there is no reliable information beyond that for the species.

Care and diseases

Soil, feeding, pruning, companion planting and diseases apply to every variety of this species alike. You will find the full guidance on the species page.