Elaeagnus X Ebbingei Flowers

An excellent choice for coastal gardens.

Elaeagnus x ebbingei flowers. Elaeagnus x ebbingei one of the toughest evergreens on the planet. Inconspicuous silvery flowers with an intense fragrance appear in october followed by red fruit. Elaeagnus x ebbingei is an evergreen shrub growing to 5 m 16ft by 5 m 16ft at a medium rate. Cream flowers in autumn. Characterised by their scaly green foliage with some varieties also displaying leaves rimmed in vibrant yellow elaeagnus bear fragrant creamy white flowers between late spring and early summer which are often followed by small orange and red berries in autumn. X ebbingei produces insignificant but exquisitely scented flowers in the autumn and then ripens its very. These plants attract birds with their fruit and the berries are edible for humans.

Elaeagnus ebbingei have unique green foliage with silver bottoms with an upright and dense growth habit. You might also like a popular and versatile large evergreen shrub with dainty sweetly fragrant white flowers from october to january and rounded greenish blue leaves. The royal horticultural society has given it its prestigious award of garden merit agm. However we have since read that to get fruit it needs to have a different variety close by for pollination. X ebbingei is an. It is in leaf all year in flower from october to january and the seeds ripen from april to may. It is hardy to zone uk 6 and is not frost tender.

The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs and is pollinated by bees. This is a great choice for a privacy hedge or border. We chose it to give us some privacy from the road but also because the berries of this hedge are apparently edible. Let us return to the species that this chapter is mainly concerned with. Elaeagnus ebbingei foliage flower. They produce orange berries in winter. Scented flowers elaeagnus x ebbingei gilt edge is an evergreen shrub bearing leaves with contrasting dark green centres and gold coloured margins.

The frost hardiness plus the ability to withstand salty winds is what makes this so outstanding. Zone 6 11. Elaeagnus x ebbingei a plant for all reasons elaeagnus x ebbingei. 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. We have a row of oleaster elaeagnus x ebbingei at the front of our garden which we planted last year. Left to its own devices a wild disorganised thing so whatever we do with it clipping is always involved.