Native to: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
Shepherdia argentea
Silver Buffaloberry, Bull Berry, Thorny Buffaloberry, Beef Suet-tree
- Main interest:
- drought and salt tolerant, red edible fruit, silver foliage
- Exposure:
- full sun
- Soil humidity:
- moist to dry soil; well drained
- Flower colour:
- yellow
- Fragrance:
- Non-fragrant
- Flowering period:
- April
- Foliage:
- silver green
- USDA Hardiness:
- zone 3a: -40 °C (-40 °F) View Zone Map
- Mature height & width (max.):
- height: 12 ft (3.6 m) width: 12 ft (3.6 m)
- Use:
- fruit production, hedge, naturalizing, mass planting, erosion control
Shepherdia argentea is an upright, bushy, thorny, thicket-forming shrub. It is noted for its attractive silver-scaled leaves and branches, and its bright red fruit. The silver buffaloberry is equally at home at the edges of wet meadows, floodplains, streams, rivers, lakes, and springs; and in woodlands, foothills, exposed slopes, and prairies. It prefers full sun, but will tolerate dappled shade. A very hardy Shepherdia, it is drought and cold tolerant. It will grow in the poorest of soils. Silverberry attracts birds and is very beneficial to native bees. Its pea-sized ovoid, red berries ripen in the fall. Like Shepherdia Canadensis, the fruit is tart, and becomes sweeter after a frost. Mind you, you will have to compete with the birds for any fruit that late in the season. Although commonly called Buffaloberry, the fruit is not a berry, but a stone fruit.
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- Main interest:
- drought and salt tolerant, red edible fruit, silver foliage
- Exposure:
- full sun
- Soil humidity:
- moist to dry soil; well drained
- Flower colour:
- yellow
- Fragrance:
- Non-fragrant
- Flowering period:
- April
- Foliage:
- silver green
- USDA Hardiness:
- zone 3a: -40 °C (-40 °F) View Zone Map
- Mature height & width (max.):
- height: 12 ft (3.6 m) width: 12 ft (3.6 m)
- Use:
- fruit production, hedge, naturalizing, mass planting, erosion control
Synonym(s): Lepargyrea argentea, Hippophae argentea
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