{"id":980,"date":"2015-07-06T08:11:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T06:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fancyplants.de\/de\/?page_id=980"},"modified":"2019-07-21T18:37:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T16:37:11","slug":"jujuba","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fancyplants.de\/en\/exotichome\/whspec\/jujuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Date"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chinese Date (Ziziphus jujuba<\/i>)<\/h1><\/span>
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Overview<\/h2><\/span>
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The Chinese Date, also Jujube called, originates in China. It is a member of the Buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae<\/i>). The dried berries have a relevance as pectoral tea in the case of colds.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Description<\/h2><\/span>
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The Jujube is a hardy, spiky shrub or tree. Maximum height is ten metres. Numerous alternate, relative small leaves. In May and June are the hermaphrodite yellow-grenn flowers appearing. In sunny summers ripen also in Germany up to two centimetres long, red, slightly sour tasting, aromatic stone fruits.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Culture<\/h2><\/span>
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Jujubes should be hardy at least in regions with mild winters. Frost tolerance is reported with -15\u00b0C. Apart from that the Jujube is considered as undemanding and disease-free.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Experiences<\/h2><\/span>
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2010<\/h3>\n

In late summer 2010 I bought a circa 25 centimetres high plant, which I planted out.<\/p>\n

2011<\/h3>\n

Winter was with frost protection survived without any damages. Because of an unusual warm April the Jujube showed a relative early budding. Early May the plant was exposed a night with late frost. Unfortunately the whole budding is frozen. In the meantime the plant has sprouted once more and shows a good growth.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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