{"product_id":"20-silver-buffaloberry-shepherdia-argentea-red-fruit-native-bullberry-berry-shrub-seeds","title":"20 SILVER BUFFALOBERRY Shepherdia Argentea Red Fruit Native Bullberry Berry Shrub Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION:NAME:  Silver Buffaloberry - BULK Pack OTHER COMMON NAMES:  Bull Berry \/ Bullberry \/ Spiny Buffaloberry \/ Thorny Buffalo BerrySCIENTIFIC NAME:  Shepherdia Argentea syn. Elaeagnus Utilis \/ Lepargyrea ArgenteaCOLOR:  Silvery Foliage \/ Yellow Flowers \/ Red FruitPLANT SEEDS:  Fall \/ Cold stratify \/ Indoors weeks before last frost \/ Outdoors after danger of frostBLOOM TIME:  March  (Before Leafing)HARVEST:  Fall  (July - Dec)HARDINESS ZONE:  3 - 9PLANT HEIGHT:  6 - 18'  (Typically to 12' tall)PLANT SPACING:  8 - 12'LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:  Sun - Part ShadeSOIL  WATER PREFERENCES:  Average  (And Moist - Dry)QUANTITY:  20 SeedsOTHER:  The Silver Buffaloberry is a beautiful  useful native shrub that hails from central  western North American with a native range north from Canada  south to California. Buffaloberries are wonderful as an ornamental, an edible, as living fences, in wildlife gardens,  for erosion control.These low-maintenance shrubs tolerate a wide variety of growing conditions from drought to moderate flooding, maritime influences such as salt  wind,  poor soils ranging from sandy to rocky to heavy clays. The Buffaloberry can be found in a wide variety of areas from prairies to dry limestone canyons  thrive along the moist edges of rivers, streams,  lakes. This shrub can even help fix nitrogen  prevent soil erosion on banks. They are very cold hardy but also perform very well in hot climates.The Silver Buffaloberry's leaves are covered in fine silvery hairs that give it a lovely shimmery appearance. It's tubular yellow flowers are fairly small, but numbering in the thousands  blooming very early in the season before the leaves appear, they will not go unnoticed. They are very bushy thicket-forming shrubs with thorned branches, making them a good choice for a living fence or border, also providing shelter for a large number of small animals  an excellent nesting site for songbirds, who will love love love to eat their berries come fall. Deer browse the foliage, which could be good or bad in your eyes depending on your purpose for planting :) The plants are dioecious, so if fruit is desired, both male  female plants are needed.In fall, Buffaloberry shrubs are smothered in an abundance of showy red edible fruit (that is not technically a berry despite the name). The fruit measures about 1\/4 in size  is tart but sweetens up after a frost. Buffaloberries can be eaten fresh (raw) or dried,  are often used to make pies, jellies,  sauces. The name is attributed to Native American Indians for who commonly used it as a flavoring \/ sauce for buffalo meat. It is recommended to eat the fruit in moderation, especially in the raw form.Calling all Hawkeyes :) The Silver Buffaloberry is listed as a threatened species in Iowa. You can help restore the native habitat by planting these :) ** Check out our large variety of native fruiting shrub seeds including the American Silverberry, Elderberry, Cranberry, Raspberry,  more!  **  * RECEIVE A FREE GIFT FROM SEEDVILLE USA’S “WILD SIDE” CONSERVATION TEAM WITH EVERY ORDER!    AND ...    FREE SHIPPING ON ANY ADDITIONAL SEEDS!PAY ONLY ONE FLAT SHIPPING FEE NO MATTER HOW MANY PACKS OF SEEDS YOU ORDER! PLEASE VISIT MY STORE FOR OVER 1,800 TYPES OF FLOWER, VINE, TREE, SHRUB, HERB, FRUIT,  VEGETABLE SEEDS!!!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vargostrade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51599314387177,"sku":"5C5AAIP","price":4.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0803\/4628\/4265\/files\/Output_375.jpg?v=1785395883","url":"https:\/\/vargostrade.com\/products\/20-silver-buffaloberry-shepherdia-argentea-red-fruit-native-bullberry-berry-shrub-seeds","provider":"Vargostrade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}