Cold Hardy Fruit Trees and Products for Sale

Honeyberries  Sour Cherries  Currants  Saskatoons  Seaberry/Sea Buckthorn  Goji/Misc 

Arriving in 2014 *** NEW VARIETY *** Autumn Glow (initially called Autumn Gold)

Larger berries (50-70g) and thorns are soft and sparse! Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) is considered a nutraceutical because the juice is very high in vitamins C and E, protein and organic acids. Seaberry gelato has a delicious citrus flavor resembling oranges. It is a very hardy plant growing to 15' in height and a 12' spread and is well-adapted to growing on sandy soils, steep slopes and drought conditions. It tolerates low fertility because it can fix atmospheric nitrogen into a form plants can use. It provides good shelter for wildlife and is an attractive landscape shrub with bright orange berries. Plants sucker but this species is not on the University of Minnesota invasive species list. Chokecherry suckers more than seaberry. Suckers can easily be controlled by mowing and conversations with growers of seaberry in Saskatchewan do not indicate problems with invasiveness through the spread of seeds. Click here for more fotos of various varieties.

Plants are either male or female so males are needed for pollination. Autumn Glow cultivars have few thorns and have low pull tension. Males need to be planted at a rate of 1 male for every 7 females.