Elaeagnus umbellata (Autumn oleaster)
Other names: Autumn olive
E. umbellata is a vigorous, spreading, deciduous shrub or small tree with spiny shoots bearing ovate to oblong, wavy-margined, bright green leaves, silvery when young, and, in late spring and early summer, pale yellow to cream flowers followed by edible, silvery fruit that ripens red.
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5m max. spread |
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5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Elaeagnus 'Quicksilver' (Oleaster 'Quicksilver')
Other names: Elaeagnus angustifolia 'Quicksilver', Elaeagnus angustifolia Caspica Group, Russian olive 'Quicksilver'
'Quicksilver' is a large, conical, suckering, deciduous shrub with spiny, silvery-grey stems bearing elliptic to lance-shaped, tapered, scaly, grey-green leaves and silvery-grey buds bearing yellow flowers in summer followed by scaly, yellow fruit.
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4m max. spread |
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4m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Salix elaeagnos subsp. angustifolia (Narrow-leaved olive willow)
Other names: Narrow-leaved rosemary willow, Salix elaeagnos 'Angustifolia', Salix lavandulifolia var. rosmarinifolia, Salix rosmarinifolia
S. elaeagnos subsp. angustifolia is an upright, bushy, slow-growing, deciduous shrub with dark brown shoots bearing linear, dark green leaves, grey-hairy when young and turning yellow in autumn. Slender, green catkins open with the leaves in early spring.
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4m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
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