Hippophae rhamnoides

Dioecious, spiny shrub to small tree.  Native to temperate Europe and Asia.  Bears handsome, silvery leaves, and yields copious quantities of bright orange fruits that remain long amoung the thorns.  The freuit juice is loaded with vitamins, amino acids, and antioxidants.  Oil of seeds is an uparealleled sunblock.  Plant prefers full sun.  Scarify and sow in the spring in pots in greenhouse.  Space 2 metres or more apart. 

Approx 20 seeds