This Tallhedge Glossy Buckthorn was first brought forth in the 1970's in the Midwest and was planted a fair amount in the 1980's usually ...Read Moreas a screen or unclipped hedge. It is not planted as much as it used to be because it gets some significant damage by a stem canker disease of Tubercularia. Recently, in June 2015, I saw a group, not a screen or unclipped hedge, of this cultivar planted at a northern Ohio rest stop on the Ohio Turnpike (#80). They were somewhat straggly with some dead areas. It is not a wonderful ornamental. It bears fruit that brings forth plants that are columnar or not. The birds could spread this plant to the wild where it becomes an invasive Eurasian plant in North America.
With shrub honeysuckles, glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus, Rhamnus frangula) often forms solid understories in natural forest areas of no...Read Morertheastern North America. Like the honeysuckles, it leafs out very early, shading out the native herbaceous layer.
This spiny invasive species is a listed noxious weed, invasive, or banned in five states. Birds eat the fruit and then distribute the seed far and wide through the landscape.
This species was used for hedging in the 19th century, but it went out of use as better hedging plants became available.
MN DNR states "European or common buckthorn and glossy or alder buckthorn are listed as restricted noxious weeds in Minnesota. It is ille...Read Moregal to import, sell, or transport buckthorn in Minnesota."
This Tallhedge Glossy Buckthorn was first brought forth in the 1970's in the Midwest and was planted a fair amount in the 1980's usually ...Read More
With shrub honeysuckles, glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus, Rhamnus frangula) often forms solid understories in natural forest areas of no...Read More
MN DNR states "European or common buckthorn and glossy or alder buckthorn are listed as restricted noxious weeds in Minnesota. It is ille...Read More