Is Sea Buckthorn deer resistant?
Hippophae rhamnoides
About Sea Buckthorn
Silver willow-like leaves and heavy crops of orange berries very high in vitamin C. You need both a male and a female plant, and nurseries do not always label them, so buy from somewhere that does. It fixes nitrogen and thrives in pure sand and salt spray, but suckers aggressively.
Soil and care
- Soil pH
- 6 to 8
- Drainage
- Sharp, gritty. Will rot in wet soil
- Water
- Low
- Spacing
- 71 to 118 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Moderate
Similar to Sea Buckthorn
Other shrubs with the same deer rating.
- Antelope BitterbrushPurshia tridentataSeldom damaged
- Anthony Waterer SpireaSpiraea x bumaldaZones 3–8Seldom damaged
- Apache PlumeFallugia paradoxaZones 6–10Seldom damaged
- Armstrong JuniperJuniperus chinensis 'Armstrongii'Zones 4–9Seldom damaged
- Autumn OliveElaeagnus umbellataZones 4–9Seldom damaged
- Autumn SageSalvia greggiiZones 6–9Seldom damaged
Where Sea Buckthorn grows
Hardy across most of these 50 states on zone range alone. Mountain and coastal areas sit outside the ranges used here, so check your own zone before ordering.
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- New York
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- Virginia
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Wisconsin
- Ohio
- Indiana
- Illinois
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Georgia
- Texas
- Colorado
- California
- Oregon
- Washington
- New Hampshire
- Vermont
- Maine
- Rhode Island
- Delaware
- West Virginia
- Kentucky
- South Carolina
- Florida
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Arkansas
- Oklahoma
- Kansas
- Nebraska
- Iowa
- North Dakota
- South Dakota
- Montana
- Wyoming
- Idaho
- Utah
- Nevada
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- Alaska
- District of Columbia
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Hardy in these zones
Common questions about Sea Buckthorn
- Is Sea Buckthorn deer resistant?
- Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) is rated Seldom Severely Damaged on the Rutgers NJAES four-tier scale. Light browsing at worst; rarely ruined.
- What hardiness zones does Sea Buckthorn grow in?
- Sea Buckthorn is hardy in USDA zones 3 to 8. Outside that range it will either not survive winter or will struggle with summer heat.
- Does Sea Buckthorn grow in shade?
- No. Sea Buckthorn wants full sun and will grow thin and flop in shade.