Garden Plant: Ebbing’s Silverberry
Product Description: Ebbing’s Silverberry
Fast Growing and Versatile Ebbing’s Silverberry Bush
- Green and Silver Evergreen Foliage
- Petite, Fragrant, Flowers
- Edible Silverberries
- Deer Resistant
Finding the perfect hedge plant has never been easier! The Ebbing’s Silverberry (Elaeagnus x ebbingei) has so many irresistible attributes, You’ll want your entire garden lined with them. From the lovely array of greens to the fragrant petite flowers followed by edible Silverberries, this shrub will charm all who come across it.
This broadleaf evergreen is a compact, dense growing shrub filled with olive green and smooth silver leaves. Young plants appear to be green with silver scales and as the shrub ages, leaf surfaces become dark green above and remain silver underneath.
In the fall, You’re hedge will come alive with petite white flowers. Don’t be fooled by the size though, these flowers are wonderfully fragrant and will fill your yard with a sweet scent come late summer. Butterflies and other pollinators will stop by to check out the little flowers and have a quick snack too!
Your Ebbing’s Silverberry can be trained into a handsome hedge with very little effort or left alone to grow naturally. Either way looks wonderful which is one of the reasons this specimen has become a landscaper favorite. Use an Ebbing’s Silverberry as a hedge or plant is as a foundational part of your garden, its versatility is unmatched!
The berries of this plant are worth noting as well! Your shrub will have small, one-seeded, deep red berries each spring that are edible. Pick them right off the plant for a small snack, or, if You’re feeling adventurous, try baking them into a Silverberry pie!
Picking a spot for your shrub is quite easy as it likes medium moisture, well drained soil. It’ll thrive best in full sun and you can count on in being a wonderful sight in your yard in no time! You can also take comfort in the fact that deer will avoid munching on your Ebbing’s Silverberry, the shrub is deer resistant!
Don’t miss out on this vastly versatile shrub. It’s easy to care for nature and fast growing habit are two of the many, many, fantastic attributes. You’ll love the look, smell, and flavor your Ebbing’s Silverberry brings to your garden so much, you may want two or three.