Elaeagnus pungens
Silverberry
Elaeagnaceae
Evergreen, Shrubs
Native to China, Japan. Has rather rigid, sprawling, angular habit of growth to 10 to 15 ft. high and wide; can be kept lower and denser by pruning. Even tolerates shearing into a hedge. Grayish green, 1 to 3-in.-long leaves have wavy edges and brown tinting from rusty dots. Branches are spiny, also covered with rusty dots. Overall color of shrub is olive drab. Oval fruit, 1/2 in. long, red with silver dust. Tough container plant in reflected heat, wind.
Elaeagnus pungens
Native to China, Japan. Has rather rigid, sprawling, angular habit of growth to 10 to 15 ft. high and ...
Elaeagnus x ebbingei
More upright (to 10–12 ft. high and wide) than Eleagnus pungens, with thornless branche...
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