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Silverberry (Wholesale Bundles) | Spring 2027
$173.00
Price breaks
| Bundles in your cart | Per bundle | Per plant |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 bundles | $173.00 | $6.92 |
| 4 to 11 bundles | $147.05 | $5.88 |
| 12 to 23 bundles | $129.75 | $5.19 |
| 24 bundles and up | $112.45 | $4.50 |
40 bundles or more? Email us for a quote.
Breaks count every Farm & Ranch bundle in your cart, any mix of plants.
Farm & Ranch bundles are already priced wholesale, so SAVE discount codes don't apply to them.
Reliable shipping
Wholesale only. We carry Silverberry only by the wholesale bundle. For just a few plants, our Buffaloberry (Bundle of 5) is its closest relative on the regular store.
At a glance: Silverberry is a native, nitrogen fixing, silver leaved shrub rated hardy to zone 2 in our ratings (winters to -50°F). Ships bare root. Sold here at wholesale prices, by the bundle.
| Also called | Wolf willow, American silverberry (Elaeagnus commutata) |
|---|---|
| Hardy to | Zone 2 on the MFTC modified cold hardiness scale (-50°F). Grows in zones 2 to 6. A bare number means the whole of zone 2, colder half included. Find your zone with our cold hardiness calculator. |
| Mature size | 5 to 9 ft tall, spreading by suckers into a colony |
| Pollination | Bee-pollinated. Fruits on its own. |
| Spacing | 3 to 5 ft apart in the row. |
| Good for | Native restoration, erosion control on dry banks and hillsides, wildlife cover, soil building |
| Deer | Sometimes damaged by deer. |
| What you get | Dormant bare root seedlings, 25 plants to a bundle. Sizes: 6-10 in., 10-24 in. and 2-3 ft. Shipped from Missoula, or picked up in Missoula, in spring 2027. |
| Wholesale terms | Sold by the bundle. Mix any Farm & Ranch plants to reach a price break at 4, 12 and 24 bundles. 40 bundles or more, email us for a quote. |
Overview
Silverberry is the native cousin of Russian olive, with the same silver leaves and sweet scented yellow flowers and none of the invasive trouble in its home range. It is the legal, native choice where Russian olive used to go.
Origin & History
Native across Montana, the northern plains and the Canadian prairies, where it is called wolf willow.
Fruit & Uses
Dry, mealy silver berries eaten by grouse and songbirds. It fixes nitrogen and spreads by suckers, which is what you want for holding a bank and a nuisance next to a lawn.
Growth Habit
Upright, thornless, suckering shrub, 5 to 9 ft tall.
Spacing
Plant 3 to 5 ft apart. A bundle of 25 covers 75 to 125 ft of row.
Pollination
Bee-pollinated, with very fragrant June flowers.
Cold hardiness
We rate silverberry to zone 2, winters to -50°F.
How wholesale orders work
- Bundles can't be split. Sizes under 3 ft. come 25 to a bundle, 3 ft. and taller come 20 to a bundle.
- Price breaks count every Farm & Ranch bundle in your cart, any mix of plants. 4 bundles, 12 bundles and 24 bundles each drop the price on all of them. The discount shows up in your cart on its own.
- Add to your order any time before it ships. Same shipping address, and the bundles count together toward the next price break.
- No cancellations after February 1. Cancel part of an order before then and the rest is priced at the break it still earns.
- If we come up short on a plant, you keep the price break you paid for and we refund the bundles we couldn't send.
- Our dead plant guarantee covers these the same as everything else we sell. A plant that never leafs out its first season gets a credit code for what you paid for it plus its share of the shipping. We can't break a bundle, so credit goes toward a future order, not loose replacement plants.
- Planting 40 bundles or more? Email us for a quote.
Questions we get about Silverberry
How cold hardy is Silverberry?
We rate it hardy to zone 2, which means winters down to about -50°F.
How far apart do I plant Silverberry?
3 to 5 ft apart in a row.
What arrives, and when does it ship?
Dormant bare root seedlings by the bundle, roots packed in moist sawdust, shipped from Missoula, or picked up in Missoula, in spring 2027. Orders are paid in full at checkout. Our dead plant guarantee covers them: a plant that never leafs out its first season gets a credit code toward a future order.
Photos: “Elaeagnus commutata (7978686077)” by Matt Lavin, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0.