Tough Buckthorn

This plant is easy to grow.

Weak wood.



Hedge plant, specimen plant, woodland plant. Plant where the silky brown/gold undersides of the foliage will be seen.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.

Plant where it will have space. While many specimens in natural scrub settings are slow growing, this plant can be a robust growing in the landscape. Expect it to grow into a small tree.

Birds and other animals eat the fruit.

Sandhill, scrub.

• Interesting foliage, Thorns
• Nectar plant for butterflies.
• Attracts bees and flies.  A pollinator magnate.
• Watching insects swarm over my tough bully trees is one of my summertime treats.