Elaeagnus X Ebbingei Flowers
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.
Elaeagnus x ebbingei flowers. It is hardy to zone uk 6 and is not frost tender. 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. Elaeagnus x ebbingei a popular and versatile large evergreen shrub with dainty sweetly fragrant white flowers from october to january and rounded greenish blue leaves.
These plants attract birds with their fruit and the berries are edible for humans. Left to its own devices a wild disorganised thing so whatever we do with it clipping is always involved. 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.
The frost hardiness plus the ability to withstand salty winds is what makes this so outstanding. 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. 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.
Will thrive in a sheltered or exposed location. It is in leaf all year in flower from october to january and the seeds ripen from april to may. They produce orange berries in winter. An excellent choice for coastal gardens.
X ebbingei produces insignificant but exquisitely scented flowers in the autumn and then ripens its very. X ebbingei is an. Elaeagnus ebbingei foliage flower. As robust as they come.
However we have since read that to get fruit it needs to have a different variety close by for pollination. Scented flowers elaeagnus x ebbingei gilt edge is an evergreen shrub bearing leaves with contrasting dark green centres and gold coloured margins. The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs and is pollinated by bees. Elaeagnus ebbingei have unique green foliage with silver bottoms with an upright and dense growth habit.
Elaeagnus x ebbingei a plant for all reasons elaeagnus x ebbingei. Let us return to the species that this chapter is mainly concerned with. We have a row of oleaster elaeagnus x ebbingei at the front of our garden which we planted last year.