Elaeagnus ebbengei
€35.00
Description
Quick Facts
- Foliage: Evergreen; glossy green leaves with a silvery underside
- Position: Full sun to partial shade
- Soil: Very tolerant — best in well-drained soil but copes with poor ground once established
- Hardiness: Tough and wind-tolerant (great for exposed sites)
- Flowers: Small, creamy-white, highly scented in autumn
- Followed by: Orange/silvery berries in spring on some plants (best with a pollination partner)
- Great for: Screening, hedging, coastal gardens, low-maintenance structure
- Wildlife: Flowers are a late-season nectar source; dense cover for birds
Why you’ll love it
Elaeagnus × ebbingei is one of those “quiet heroes” in the garden — evergreen, resilient, and always doing its job beautifully. The foliage has a lovely two-tone shimmer (green on top, silvery beneath), which softens boundaries and brings light into planting, especially on grey days.
It’s ideal if you want fast, reliable screening without fuss, and it’s particularly good in windy or coastal gardens where other hedging plants can struggle. Then, just when you’re not expecting it, it surprises you in autumn with tiny flowers and a seriously gorgeous perfume.
Caragh Garden Notebook (our growing tips)
Plant in sun or light shade and water well in the first growing season to help it establish. After that, Elaeagnus is wonderfully self-sufficient and copes well with drier spells.
For hedging or screening, trim once or twice a year to keep it dense (a light summer trim is usually enough; a second tidy-up in early autumn if needed). It responds well to pruning, so you can keep it neat — or let it grow more natural and billowy for a softer look.
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