SHEPHERDIA argentea. Buffaloberry. This is a western native shrub well loved by inhabitants of severe climates, where it shows itself nearly indestructible, and roundly ignored elsewhere. It grows as much as 15' high, with erect trunks, spreading branches and shorter, spine-tipped shoots. The leaves are roughly oval in outline and painted silvery grey. The summer flowers are small off-white in color. Where both “sexes” are present (male and female flowers are borne on separate plants), female plants produce many bright red, shiny berries in the fall. It is winter-deciduous, showing off an attractive branch scaffold. This is an interesting shrub for individual display, but more often used in tall screens and windbreaks. It thrives in sun and most soils, with moderate watering. Hardy to far below 0^oF.