🎨 AI-generated botanical illustration
🍎 Sea Buckthorn
Hippophae rhamnoides
fruits
deciduous shrub
Elaeagnaceae
☀️ Sun
full sun
💧 Water
low
🗺️ Zones
3-8
🧪 Soil pH
6.0-8.0
🪴 Soil Type
adaptable, sandy
🚿 Drainage
well-drained
📏 Spacing
6-10 ft
📐 Height
6-15ft
⏱️ Maturity
2-3 years
🤝 Companions (4)
🤝 Apple
🤝 Elaegnus
🤝 Same
Same family nitrogen fixers. Windbreak planting.
🤝 Sea
Sea buckthorn as windbreak for orchard.
⚠️ Keep Apart (2)
⚠️ Small garden
⚠️ Spreads aggressively via suckers.
📝 Growing Notes
Nitrogen fixer. Thorny. Needs male + female plants. Invasive in some areas.
🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Botanical Interests
True Leaf Market
Burpee
Territorial Seed Company
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