(Hippophae rhamnoides) With plenty to recommend it, Sea Buckthorn is widely used for healing in Asia and Europe, where it is valued as a potent anti-oxidant, a source for Vitamin C and a healing oil. The attractive small tree or shrub, also called Seaberry, is likely the most widely grown, northern hardy, fruiting plant in the world, but most Americans have never heard of it! In Europe, the sour, flavorful fruit is sweetened and its orange-passion-fruit-like flavor makes fine sauces, jellies and a base for liqueurs. Blended with other fruits, it makes a delicious juice. The plants, native to the Russian Far East, are incredibly productive and a great choice for backyard fruit production! Narrow silver leaves and plentiful round, yellow-orange fruit cover the 6-10' tall, narrow, upright female forms. Give plants full sun and good drainage, and space them about 7' apart or 3-5' for a hedge. They are extremely hardy, to -50° F., disease resistant and easy to grow. Branches are used in floral displays, and commercial crops are harvested by cutting off entire fruit-laden branches. USDA Zones 3-9. It needs good drainage and full sun.
One of the sweetest of the seabuckthorns, this variety is a vigorous producer of yellow-orange berries. It will grow to about 12' tall. As with all seabuckthorns, it prefers an open situation with good drainage, and is tolerant of most soils, and even salt spray from the ocean. Needs male seabuckthorn for pollenation and fruit.
3 OR MORE $19.50/EACH Orange berries cover the branches and ripen in September on this 8'-10' plant. Fruit ripens in September and remains on the plant until heavy frosts.
The male does not produce fruit but is an attractive ornamental and is needed as a pollinizer for the female. One male will pollinate up to eight females.
3 OR MORE $19.50/EACH Titan is named for its astonishing large, bright orange berries, which are very flavorful and aromatic. The bush, from Minsk Belarus, will grow to 10' with attractive, long, darker green foliage. Berries make excellent juice or preserves.