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How to Grow
Water
Low
Water sparingly, allowing the mix to nearly dry out between watering.
Sunlight
Partial Shade - Full Sun
~
3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun
Characteristics
Plant Type
Shrub, Vine
Lifespan
Woody
Flower
1/2 inch fragrant (pungent), bell-shaped silvery-white flowers in axillary clusters bloom in fall. Silvery-white (due to scales), fragrant, axillary. Blooms can be taken indoors and used as a natural deodorizer.
Fruit
1/2 inch drupes are one-seeded, reddish-brown and ripen in spring (late March-May). Initially densely scaley and green maturing to a silvery-red oval drupe.
Benefits
Attracts
Songbirds
Taxonomy
Order
Rosales
Family
Elaeagnaceae
Genus
Elaeagnus