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    • CommentAuthorNikki
    • CommentTimeFeb 29th 2008
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    Deal All,

    Is anybody knows where in Australia I can buy plants/seedling/sapling of male/female Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae Rhamnoides)?

    I could not find this shrub anywhere :face-sad:

    Please help me! I am dreaming to grow this plant in my garden :face-smile:
    • CommentAuthorbiologist
    • CommentTimeFeb 29th 2008
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    You'll need both sexes to produce the seed. There are a couple of nurseries who advertise them online
    in Australia. In the right places, coastal fore dunes and other salty windy places they can be seriously invasive. Unless you have a burning need for its pharma uses there are plenty of orange berried
    shrubs around that could do the same job as this species.
    • CommentAuthorNikki
    • CommentTimeMar 3rd 2008
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    Thank you very much for the advice.

    May be you could help me with nurseries names if you know them.

    I have got already male&female seeds, but I am afraid I will receive wild plants from the seeds.

    I just wonder if I can buy non-wild "tame" plants.

    Thank you again:face-smile:
    • CommentAuthorbiologist
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2008 edited
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    Nikki, plant seeds aren't distinguishable as male or female, its pot luck as to what species you get
    and I'm not really sure what you mean by "wild" and "tame" plants.
    There are selections or cultivars that can often only be maintained by cloning the material (ie cuttings)
    but these aren't "tame" by any means, they are just selections made from within the species natural
    genetic variability. The result of human mediated breeding through the crossing of two cultivars or
    varieties is just another cultivar and is still genetically the same species, no more or less wild than
    any plant in that species.

    Use Google to find the nurseries online, search for the full species name and restrict your search to
    Australian websites.
 



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