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

Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry) vs Lord Sea Buckthorn (Male)

Hippophae rhamnoides Lord

Amelanchier alnifolia Honeywood

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Lord Sea Buckthorn (Male)
Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry)

Lord Sea Buckthorn is a male variety that is a pollinizer for female plants. One male plant is capable of pollinating 5-7 female plants. Male Sea Buckthorn plants do not produce berries, but the pollen from their flowers allows female plant to set fruit.

Lord Sea Buckthorn has relatively thornless branches and other well-known features of Sea Buckthorn plants. These include silvery green foliage and nitrogen-fixing capabilities, which improves the surrounding soil.

Can be used to pollinize female Sea Buckthorn plants, including Orange Energy Sea Buckthorn.

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.

Lord Sea Buckthorn (Male) Quick Facts

Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry) Quick Facts

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Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 4 m (12 ft)
Height: 5 m (15 ft)
Spread: 2.4 m (8 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
Maintenance: medium


Berries: produces large edible berries
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB, ON, YT, NT
Other Names: lord sea berry, lord seaberry, lord seabuckthorn
Other Names: honeywood juneberry, honeywood service berry