Ebbing S Silverberry Bush

If you plant during winter or during summer avoid frost and freezing and heat waves respectively. You can do this in late winter early spring or in mid to late fall after the leaves fall.

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Ebbing s silverberry bush

Ebbinge s silverberry elaeagnus x submacrophylla. Stems and new growth are accentuated by brown scales. X ebbingei e.

Very small intensely fragrant flowers open in fall and are followed by small red berries. Wear long sleeved shirts and gloves when pruning as some silver berry shrubs have long thorns. For foundational plantings plant shrubs at least 10 to 11 feet apart center to center.

A dense evergreen shrub with upright spineless branches densely cloaked with silver scaled green foliage. Silverberry prefers locations with high exposure to sunlight. Its average texture blends into the landscape but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

Silverberry bushes need full sun to light shade and well drained moist to rather dry soil. Silverberry is best planted in fall but it copes perfectly with being planted all year round if purchased potted. It doesn t really like waterlogged soil.

This fast growing drought tolerant shrub is an ideal choice for dry banks commercial high traffic. From the lovely array of greens to the fragrant petite flowers followed by edible silverberries this shrub will charm all who come across it. An excellent hedge foundation shrub or small accent tree.

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