Plant: Eleagnus Ebbingei
Eleagnus Ebbingei · Elaeagnus x submacrophylla (syn. Elaeagnus x ebbingei)
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
A dense, rounded evergreen shrub reaching 8 to 10 feet tall and wide, with glossy leathery green leaves that are silvery beneath and silvery when young. Intensely fragrant creamy white bell shaped flowers open in October and November and are followed by oval red drupes flecked with silver that ripen in winter and are edible. It grows in full sun or partial shade in clay, loam or sand at any pH, tolerates deer, dry soil and salt, and is used as a hedge, a screen or a coastal and slope planting.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 10 ft tall and 10 ft wide
- Blooms in fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 7a-9b
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
A dense, rounded evergreen shrub reaching 8 to 10 feet tall and wide, with glossy leathery green leaves that are silvery beneath and silvery when young. Intensely fragrant creamy white bell shaped flowers open in October and November and are followed by oval red drupes flecked with silver that ripen in winter and are edible. It grows in full sun or partial shade in clay, loam or sand at any pH, tolerates deer, dry soil and salt, and is used as a hedge, a screen or a coastal and slope planting.
- Flowers
- Creamy white bell shaped flowers in clusters of four to six, intensely fragrant, opening in October and November.
- Foliage
- Glossy green leathery leaves, ovate to elliptical, 2 to 4.5 inches long, with silvery undersides; young leaves are silvery.
- Fruit
- An oval red drupe with silver specks, about five eighths of an inch long, ripening in winter.
- Bark & stems
- Twigs are spineless and young stems are silvery white and coated with scales.
- Native range
- Hybrid of two Asian parents native to Japan and Korea
