26+ Elaeagnus Ebbingei Macrophylla

Elaeagnus x ebbingei commonly called oleaster or ebbing s silverberry is a cross between elaeagnus macrophylla x elaeagnus pungens.

Elaeagnus ebbingei macrophylla. Find elaeagnus macrophylla availability prices online now. It is hardy to zone uk 7 and is not frost tender. Banks and slopes beds and borders bees attract feed bees cottage informal drought tolerant foliage only hedging screens low maintenance. Fruit oval 5 8 in. Elaeagnus x ebbingei is an evergreen shrub growing to 5 m 16ft by 5 m 16ft at a medium rate. Long red scaly the perianth persisting at the top. In autumn very small but well scented creamy white flowers open filling the air with their delicious perfume.

It is a large bushy rounded shrub that typically grows to 8 10 tall and as wide. Initially spotted the leaves of this popular evergreen shrub mature to a lustrous green but always retain their silvery undersides. It is in leaf all year in flower from october to november. Looking for russian olive also known as broad leaf oleaster or silver berry for your garden landscape. Native of the korean archipelago and japan described by thunberg in 1784. Macrophylla is a vigorous wide spreading evergreen shrub to 3m high and 5m wide with spineless branches which are covered in silvery scales when young. Genus elaeagnus can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees with simple often silvery scaled leaves and small fragrant tubular flowers borne in clusters in the leaf axils and followed by small juicy fruit.

It is in leaf all year in flower from october to january and the seeds ripen from april to may. Introduced by maries for messrs veitch in 1879. It is perfectly hardy and flowers annually at a time of year when few blossoms remain out of doors. Elaeagnus x ebbingei commonly called oleaster or ebbing s silverberry is from temperate subropical areas of asia. Physical characteristics elaeagnus macrophylla is an evergreen shrub growing to 3 m 9ft by 3 m 9ft at a medium rate. It is a large bushy rounded shrub that typically grows to 8 10 tall and as wide. Broad rounded leaves 5 12cm long are intensely silvery when young because of the silvery scales on both sides which gradually wear off the upper surfaces so that they become glossy dark green.

It is hardy to zone uk 6 and is not frost tender.