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Hippophae gyantsensis

Hippophae gyantsensis is a small, very hardy sea-buckthorn tree from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, valued for windbreaks and sand fixing. It is not a common garden plant, so care guidance comes mainly from its genus.

Family
Elaeagnaceae (Elaeagn family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Drought tolerant once established; water young plants moderately and let the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Poor, sandy, or alkaline and saline soils are tolerated; good drainage is essential.
Temperature
Very cold hardy; tolerates strong cold on the plateau. Protect young plants from extreme heat and drying winds.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Sikkim to Tibet
Climate
temperate

About

Hippophae gyatsensis, is a plant species in the sea-buckthorn genus Hippophae endemic to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China. These small hardy trees have good drought resistance, barren resistance, saline-alkali resistance and cold resistance, making them ideal for windbreak and sand-fixing forests.

Other Hippophae plants

Hippophae goniocarpa · Sea buckthorn · Hippophae salicifolia · Sea-buckthorn

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hippophae gyantsensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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