Elaeagnus 'Quicksilver'
(Oleaster 'Quicksilver')
Family - Elaeagnaceae
Category - Shrub
Season of Interest - Summer
Hardiness - H5
Height - 4m
Width - 4m
Location - The Terrace, The White Garden
Description: Large, Deciduous, suckering Shrub with a bushy, upright habit. The striking foliage is silvery-green and ovate to lanceolate in shape. Highly fragrant, tubular flowers are produced in clusters from early to midsummer and are followed by round, yellow fruit. Elaeagnus 'Quicksilver' is thought to be a hybrid of E. angustifolia and E. commutata.
Synonym - Elaeagnus angustifolia Caspica Group, E. angustfolia 'Quicksilver'
Flower:
Clusters of small, tubular flowers that are cruciform to star-shaped when fully open are produced in June and July. The butter-yellow flowers are inconspicuous, but have a powerful fragrance. Round, yellow-green fruit is produced in the autumn.
Flower colour: Yellow
Flower shape: Tubular flowers in clusters
Flowering time: June, July
Foliage:
Attractive, silvery-green, ovate to lanceolate foliage with small scales on the leaves. The leaves are Alternately arranged on the branches.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Ovate to lanceolate
Propagation:
Cuttings.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in fertile, well-drained soil.