Wonderful! New to me I would never have got an ID. I know of Sea Buckthorn as I once had a thorn in my head[not nice] nothing like an Italian Buckthorn.
Hippophae rhamnoides, common name sea-buckthorn. Leaves are speckled on the back like Eleagnus leaves. Fabulous orange berries! Not quite same family as Rhamnus.
Quote www.... "Hippophae rhamnoides Sea buckthorn is a large, thorny shrub that makes a great hedging plant for sunny sites on the coast.
It tolerates chalk, poor, sandy soil and very exposed locations. Sea
buckthorn is good for tall hedges and can reach up to about 6 metres
high when it grows freely."
Pics below were taken in the far North east of Scotland...near Golspie.
@Silver surfer I worked in a garden that had recently been planted up by a landscape gardener. No where near the sea, just around the corner from here. I didn't know what it was at first . You often find that landscapers stick to the tried and tested with plants, but he could 'think outside the box' so it was always interesting to see what he would come up with next. Just seeing your photos does bring back memories luckily no photos of the thorns...
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Leaves are speckled on the back like Eleagnus leaves.
Fabulous orange berries!
Not quite same family as Rhamnus.
Quote www....
"Hippophae rhamnoides Sea buckthorn is a large, thorny shrub that makes a great hedging plant for sunny sites on the coast. It tolerates chalk, poor, sandy soil and very exposed locations. Sea buckthorn is good for tall hedges and can reach up to about 6 metres high when it grows freely."
Pics below were taken in the far North east of Scotland...near Golspie.
Rhamnus alaternus.
Hippophae rhamnoides.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
No where near the sea, just around the corner from here. I didn't know what it was at first .
You often find that landscapers stick to the tried and tested with plants, but he could 'think outside the box' so it was always interesting to see what he would come up with next.
Just seeing your photos does bring back memories luckily no photos of the thorns...