Sea Buckthorn 40/60cm Bare Root (Hippophae rhamnoides)

Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) Hedging Plants

Sea Buckthorn is one of the best hedging plants for windy, exposed, coastal situations. It is a native, ornamental prickly hedging plant noted for its edible orange berries high in both vitamins and antioxidants (use in pies, sauces, juices, beer, etc). The leaves of the Sea Buckthorn are slender, silvery, non-aromatic, masking its thorns.  It does not like dry soil, and does well in wet sites, and is helpful improving soil conditions by setting nitrogen into the soil.  Tiny yellow flowers in April and spikes that offer a security barrier.  It has a long season as the berries will remain on the plant thru winter. 

Sea Buckthorn has a fantastic ability to withstand those coastal gales, and salt spray making this the top hedging plant for shelter, and windbreak.  It will grow in almost any soil type, but likes the sandy, dry conditions of the seaside.

Common Name: Sea Buckthorn

Genus: Hippophae

Species:  rhamnoides

Type:  Bareroot

 Size:  40/60cm

Rate of Growth:  Quick growing, spreads by suckering and seeds

Fruit:  Edible berries high in vitamins / antioxidants

Flowers:  Tiny yellow

Planting Location:  Full sun to partial shade, exposed, coastal areas

Soil Type:  Tolerates almost all soil types, chalk and clay.

pH:  neutral, alkaline

Fertilise:   Rootgrow upon initial planting and thereafter

Planting Distance: 3  per metre single row for hedging 

Hardiness:  Hardy

Height: 4-8  metres

Spread: 4-8  metres

Misc:  How to spot male or female sea buckthorn –The species is dioecious, the sex cannot be determined in the seed or before 3-4 years of growth.  However on fruiting plants, the buds are formed according to gender

Male plants – the buds are larger, more protruding and have 6-8 covering scales

Female plants – the buds are smaller, more elongated on the branch and have only two covering scales.  Very small yellowish pistolate flowers appear before the leaves – late April to mid May

**Scot Plants Direct can only supply bareroot plants when they are dormant during the winter months from November to April annually.