A tall, spreading, decorative and fruit-yielding shrub. The cultivar recommended for its large berries and their culinary and medicinal value. It has pretty, silvery leaves and light orange fruit with red blush.

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Fruit edible and decorative, light orange, glossy, oblong, large – 1-1.2 cm wide; ripen between the end of August – September. Modest yellow flowers appear in April-May. Leaves decorative, silvery in vegetation season, turn yellow in autumn. The cultivar produces female flowers, for pollination and better fruition a male specimen, e.g. 'Polmix' is needed in vicinity.

HOW IT GROWS: Shrub of a rounded habit. Reaches 2-3 m height; annual growth rate ca. 50 cm.

WHERE TO PLANT: The plant has low requirements concerning the soil but it grows well in limy ground. It prefers sunny sites (which improves fruit) and is resilient to adverse urban conditions and air pollution. Tolerates pruning; thickens fast when pruned. Fully frost hardy (zone 4).

HOW TO PLANT AND MAINTAIN: Before planting immerse the plant container in water for 10-30 min. Place the root ball in a 40 x 40 x 40 cm hole with a 10 cm layer of well-rotten manure or compost, 0.5-1 cm deeper than it was before. Fill the hole with fertile soil. Does not require regular pruning. When the bushes thicken after a couple of years, a thinning may be necessary.

HOW TO APPLY: The shrub is recommended for amateur cultivation in house gardens as well as for public greenery, especially for hedges. Sea-buckthorn fruits are rich in vitamin C (with content 4 times higher than in the black current), vitamins  E, F, K, P, folic acid, provitamins A and D as well as micro- and macroelements. They're used for jam, juice, purée and tincture production. A source of food for many bird species.

ORIGIN: Selected by Hans Joachim Albrecht of BBC Baumschulen Berlin Containerpflanzen GmbH. The cultivar introduced in the market in 1979.