Widely adapted shrub native to the northern Great Plains. Small, tart, but pleasant tasting, red fruits have enough sugar to be eaten fresh or dried and can also be made into preserves or wine. They are very high in lycopene and other phenolic antioxidants. This plant can tolerate extremes of cold, wind, drought, alkalinity and poor soils, fixing nitrogen much like peas or beans. Silvery gray foliage, small yellow flowers, thorny branches. These Buffaloberry plants can be male or female seedlings so plant 2 or more for cross pollination. Males may be thornier and more upright.
ZONE: 2-7
POLLINATION/BLOOM TIME: Small yellow flowers in April. These can be male or female seedlings so plant 2 or more for cross pollination.
RECOMMENDED GROWING AND CARE:
Full sun, This plant can tolerate extremes of cold, wind, drought, alkalinity and poor soils, fixing nitrogen much like peas or beans. Summer prune for airflow and ease of harvest.
CHILL HOURS: Medium: 1000 - 1200 hours below 45F
DISEASE RESISTANCE: Above average. No known pest or disease.
SIZE AT MATURITY: To 8'
