Sea Buckthorn (Seaberry) vs Snowball Viburnum - TreeTime.ca

Sea Buckthorn (Seaberry) vs Snowball Viburnum

Viburnum opulus roseum

Hippophae rhamnoides l.

Snowball Viburnum
Sea Buckthorn (Seaberry)

Snowball Viburnum is a popular ornamental shrub with prolific flowering. This plant is prized for its round clusters of white flowers that resemble snowballs, delighting children and adults. In fall, its leaves turn vibrant shades of red.

Snowball Viburnum is sought after as a single accent shrub, but can also make a dense hedge or privacy screen.

Sea Buckthorn, aka Seaberry, is a nitrogen fixing shrub that produces attractive berries high in vitamin C.

While we can't confirm claims that the berries are effective in treating various ailments, many people believe consuming the berries helps with arthritis, infections, and asthma, among other things.

Sea Buckthorn plants have attractive pale silvery-green leaves, dense branches, and large thorns, people like to grow in ornamental hedges or as a first row in a shelterbelt.

Note: these plants typically reach maturity and make their sex easily known (females producing fruit) in their 3rd or 4th year of growth. Our seedlings are too young to identify their sex.

Snowball Viburnum Quick Facts

Sea Buckthorn (Seaberry) Quick Facts

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Zone: 3b
Zone: 2b
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 5 m (15 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 4 m (12 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: full sun
Moisture: normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: low
Suckering: high


Foliage: slender silvery-green leaves
Fall colour: purplish-red
Bark: gold to gray
Flowers: white
Berries: small, edible
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


In row spacing: 0.9 - 1.2 m (3 - 4 ft)
Between row spacing: 5 m (16 ft)
Other Names: european cranberrybush, guelder rose, snowball bush, snowball tree
Other Names: sallowthorn, sandthorn, seaberry