National Botanic Garden of Wales, United Kingdom
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Elaeagnus
'Quicksilver'
Image: Richards, Simon - NBGW
Common name:
Oleaster
Family:
Elaeagnaceae (Oleaster)
Distribution:
Gardd/Garden
Hardiness:
(H5) Hardy-cold winter. -15 to -10°C (USDA 7b/8a)
Life form:
Deciduous shrub/sub-shrub • Llwyn collddail
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
Elaeagnus (el-ee-AG-nus): Derived from the Greek elaia- (olive) and -agnos (pure) possibly referring to the fruit.
Description:
A large, deciduous, suckering shrub with silvery shoots, silvery-scaly, ovate leaves and small, fragrant creamy-yellow flowers from silvery buds in summer.
Links:
Royal Horticultural Society
Locations
1:
Growing Centre/Canolfan Tyfu
(GC)
• Accession: 2015-0209 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
2:
IWGB12-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant B Bed 12/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant B Gwely 12
(IWGB12)
• Accession: 2005-0193 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
Area
Individual