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🌱 Seaberry (Sea Buckthorn)

Hippophae rhamnoides
berries deciduous shrub
☀️ Sun
full sun
💧 Water
low (very drought-tolerant)
🗺️ Zones
[3,4,5,6,7,8]
🧪 Soil pH
5.5-8.0
🪴 Soil Type
well-drained, sandy, tolerates poor
📏 Spacing
3-5 ft
📐 Height
6-15 ft

🤝 Companions (3)

🤝 Comfrey
Nutrient accumulator; potassium for sea buckthorn's heavy berry production
🤝 buffalo berry
Attracts beneficial insects and pollinators
🤝 elaeagnus (silverberry/goumi)
Attracts beneficial insects and pollinators

⚠️ Keep Apart (1)

⚠️ none — but extremely thorny and suckers aggressively; contain with root barriers

📝 Growing Notes

The omega-7 powerhouse. Bright orange berries that taste like sour passionfruit-citrus candy. Fixes nitrogen in poor soil. The berries cling to thorny branches — harvesting is like picking grapes from a rose bush. Used in space — cosmonauts took sea buckthorn as a radiation-protective supplement.

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Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Johnny's Selected Seeds Botanical Interests True Leaf Market Burpee Territorial Seed Company

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