Sea Buckthorn (Seaberry) vs Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry) - TreeTime.ca

Sea Buckthorn (Seaberry) vs Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry)

Hippophae rhamnoides l.

Amelanchier alnifolia Honeywood

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Sea Buckthorn (Seaberry)
Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry)

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: Sea Buckthorn is dioecious, meaning male and female flowers grow on separate plants. Both are required for fruit production, though only female plants bear fruit. A plant’s sex typically cannot be identified until its third or fourth year. Our seedlings are too young to determine their sex.

Honeywood Saskatoon, also known as Serviceberries, is excellent at producing an abundance of blue-coloured berries in mid-summer and has dark green foliage that turns yellow in the fall. It is quite large making it a perfect shrub in your backyard garden. Often grown for its edible qualities, the Honeywood Saskatoon is quite ornamental with stunning white blooms in the spring.

Sea Buckthorn (Seaberry) Quick Facts

Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry) Quick Facts

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


Foliage: slender silvery-green leaves
Berries: small, edible
Berries: produces large edible berries
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)
Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB, ON, YT, NT
Other Names: sallowthorn, sandthorn, seaberry
Other Names: honeywood juneberry, honeywood service berry