Elaeagnaceae
Canadian buffalo-berry
Shepherdia canadensis
Also known as Lepargyrea canadensis, Hippophae canadensis, Shepherdia canadensis f. xanthocarpa, Russet buffaloberry
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Native Shrub · Nitrogen Fixing · Wildlife Habitat · Hardy · Berry Shrub · Northern Native · Edible Landscape · Drought Tolerant · Birds · Pollinator
Canadian buffalo-berry is a tough, adaptable native shrub that grows well in poor soils and is an excellent choice for naturalized or wildlife gardens. It is nitrogen-fixing through root symbiosis, making it a great companion plant that improves soil health with little effort. Plant in a sunny to partly shaded spot, water occasionally while establishing, and then largely leave it to its own devices.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately to keep soil slightly moist; once established, natural rainfall is often sufficient in most regions · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.3–8
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 72 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Grey · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Mexico, New York
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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