Hippophae rhamnoides
Sea buckthorn
This is a tall growing, very thorny plant! The leaves are thin and silvery in appearance, yellow small flowers are followed by small orange berries on female plants, male and female will be needed to produce a lot of berries. It can be used to keep animals out of the garden. It is a great seaside plant, being very wind resistant
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Full sun to partial shade
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Very little water
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Sea buckthorn
Latin name
Hippophae rhamnoides
type
Trees or Shrubs
family
Elaeagnaceae
ph
6.5 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
7.00 M
7.00 M
Hippophae rhamnoides
This is a tall growing, very thorny plant! The leaves are thin and silvery in appearance, yellow small flowers are followed by small orange berries on female plants, male and female will be needed to produce a lot of berries. It can be used to keep animals out of the garden. It is a great seaside plant, being very wind resistant
Flowering Season
From Early Spring TO Late Spring
Small yellow flowers in spring followed by bright orange berries on female plants in summer.
Planting Outdoors
From Early Spring TO Late Spring
Plant out container grown plants into growing position.
Propagation by cuttings
From Early Summer TO Mid Summer
Semi hard wood cuttings are taken from the current years growth from late summer to mid autumn the bottom of the cuttings is hard and soft on the top. With a sharp knife take a cutting of about 14 cms, remove lowest leaves, dip end into rooting hormone, and place round the edge of a pot filled with a suitable compost, water well, they must remain moist till rooted, place under glass but in semi shade.
Propagation by cuttings
From Mid Autumn TO Late Winter
Take hardwood cuttings of up to .3m from this years growth, making a clean from above a shoot and remove any soft growth. Nearly fill a container with fine grit at the bottom, to enable free draining, and a suitable compost. Place the cutting, having dipped he end in a rooting compound first, with a third of the cutting showing.
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