Elaeagnus x ebbingei (Ebbinge's silverberry)
Other names: Elaeagnus x submacrophylla
E. x ebbingei is a large, dense, rounded to spreading, evergreen shrub with elliptic, leathery, dark or metallic sea-green leaves, silvery beneath, and pendent clusters of small, fragrant, creamy-white flowers in autumn.
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4m max. spread |
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4m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
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 macrophylla (Broad-leaved oleaster)
Other names: Russian olive, Silver berry
E. macrophylla is a vigorous, spreading, evergreen shrub with silvery-white juvenile shoots, broadly ovate to elliptic, glossy, dark green leaves, silvery-scaled when young, and clusters of cream flowers in autumn followed by scale, red fruit.
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5m max. spread |
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3.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Elaeagnus angustifolia (any variety) (Oleaster (any variety))
Other names: Bohemian oleaster (any variety), Russian olive (any variety), Silver berry (any variety), Trebizond date (any variety), Wild olive (any variety)
If you don't know the variety name of your Elaeagnus angustifolia (Oleaster), you can add this plant to your lists to get care advice.
E. angustifolia (any variety) are large, spreading, suckering, deciduous shrubs or small trees with red-flushed, sometimes spiny, scaly branches bearing elliptic to lance-shaped, tapered, dark green leaves, silver-scaly beneath, and clusters of small, fragrant, pale yellow flowers blooming from the leaf axils in summer. Flowers are followed by scaly, yellow fruit.
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6m max. spread |
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6m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
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