Rob Morris

In the intermountain west, in and close to the Great Basin, they are invasive. I finished taking them out last November. The grew all-right, suckered, spread and are impossible to pick. Why did I plant them in the first place? An out-of-print book by Peter Robertson, Pheasants, "as far as shrubs go, Seabuckthorn (Seaberry) are the best for pheasants" (rough quote). If you are in the intermountain west, don't plant them!

I planted them about 8 - 9 years ago and just finished taking them out. In southern Idaho, they were just as invasive as their Russian Olive cousin. They suckered everywhere, had needle sharp thorns and the tiny berries were too much of a pain too pick. Don't plant them anywhere in the Rocky Mountain west.