sea buckthorn

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• punkdoc Posts: 15,039

  September 2018

  The female plants are the ones with orange berries.

  How can you lie there and think of England
  When you don't even know who's in the team
  
  S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border

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• ymabafradlon Posts: 6

  September 2018

  do you need a male plant to enable pollination apparently male plants are unobtainable in the uk

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  September 2018 edited September 2018

  Interesting - there are what I think are sea buckthorns planted around the car park at my work, but I was wondering why no berries.  The RHS says "both male and female plants must be grown for a good crop of berries " so that might mean few berries if you just have females.
  

  Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  

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• Skandi Posts: 1,723

  September 2018

  You need a male yes, I have one bush and it seems to be a male but I am not 100% certain because I have never seen it flower, this page https://montecho.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/sea-buckthorn-male-vs-female-can-you-tell-them-apart/ has some ideas on working it out, and to be patient as it can take 3-4 years for a plant to flower.
  

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• nutcutlet Posts: 27,445

  September 2018

  I grew mine from seed, 8 plants and only one female. 

  
  
  In the sticks near Peterborough

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• Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

  September 2018

  There are times when you just need a man to do the job.

  Devon.

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• ymabafradlon Posts: 6

  September 2018

  LOTS OF INFO, THANKS maybe monty don can highlite it in a future gw
  
  

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• ElizaRose Posts: 121

  September 2018

  I think sea buckthorn was featured on last week's Countryfile.

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• ymabafradlon Posts: 6

  September 2018

  YES,but no info on propogation and male female issues

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  September 2018

  I've just received a catalogue from Pomona Fruits.
  
  They are selling Sea Buckthorn plants described thus " ... a fast growing hedge, producing masses of large orange berries that are rich in Vitamin C and can be used in pies and marmalade.  Beautiful slender silver foliage.  Requires well drained soil.  Ideal for coastal areas.  Plant 60cm (2ft) apart.  12 plants ... £25.95 ... "
  
  Presumably if they're advertising them as 'producing masses of large orange berries' they are pretty certain of supplying mixed genders? 
  
  https://www.pomonafruits.co.uk/ornamental-trees-hedging/hedging-plants/sea-buckthorn-hedging-12-plants
  
  http://www.couponuser.com/stores/pomona-fruits-discount-coupon-codes.html
  
  
  

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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