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

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

Hippophae rhamnoides Lord

Amelanchier alnifolia Smoky

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(new stock expected: fall of 2025)

COMING SOON

(new stock expected: fall of 2025)

Lord Sea Buckthorn (Male)
Smoky 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.

Smoky Saskatoon is a large deciduous shrub that suckers and produces edible fruit. Smoky Saskatoons are one of the most productive and widely used Saskatoons and have large sweet berries with good yields.

One of the oldest and first good yielding cultivars, a majority of the commercial saskatoon orchards were based on this cultivar until Northline and other cultivars were introduced.

Smoky has slightly smaller fruit than Northline and a milder taste but is not acidic like Pembina, Thiessen or Honeywood.

Lord Sea Buckthorn (Male) Quick Facts

Smoky Saskatoon (Serviceberry) Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 1a
Height: 4 m (12 ft)
Height: 4 m (14 ft)
Spread: 2.4 m (8 ft)
Spread: 2.4 m (8 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: short
Suckering: high
Suckering: medium
Maintenance: medium


Fall colour: orange to red
Berries: produces large edible berries great for eating raw
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: alder-leaf shadbush, dwarf shadbush, pacific serviceberry, pigeon berry, smokey saskatoon, smokey serviceberry, western juneberry, western serviceberry