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Shrub needing identification
tmcnaught01
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Hello, I hope someone can help me identify this plant! It has a waxy top and rough brown underside on every leaf. It is approx. 2m wide and 1m high and has never been trimmed in 6years or so! It has very densly packed foliage and has also never flowered or produced berries.
It is growing in the scottish borders which is a cool damp climate and is clay type soil.
If you need any other info just ask!
Thanks!
Tom
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Elaegnus ???
May be wrong here , but resembles E.ebbingei .
I think you are right, Paul.
This shrub is most unusual. The leaves look very thick. Whilst I agree it looks like an Elaeagnus Ebbingeii, it also looks a bit like Griselinia Littoralis 'Whenupai'
Last edited: 30 August 2017 17:50:50
Close ups of the Griselina you mentioned seem to show greenish shoots ; the Elaeagnus stems have a distinct ashen hue .
Perhaps yet another trip to Specsavers for me ?
It's the grey beige under the leaf that made me think Elaeagnus (though there are different varieties) as the one my son has is the same.
No need for Specsavers Paul B3, it is definitely more like Elaeagnus in colour and form. Looked at both again, and Griselinia just doesn't look as thick in the leaf, but I'm thrown by that leaf shape and its thickness. I rarely see a shrub that dense too. But looking at it again, I think more likely Elaeagnus. Not a fan of Elaeagnus, but if they looked like this one, I'm converted.
Looks like Eleagnus to me too. I have one and the underside of the foliage is a lovely contrast to the top. It's going on the boundary so it will be ideal there as a good evergreen barrier to nosey parkers
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks Borderline ; Elaeagnus (spelt it right this time)
seems to fit the bill ; the compactness of this shrub makes it very attractive . Most in this genus only look like that after regular pruning !
PS I have a variegated Griselinia about 6' tall and across ; a book I used to have called 'Evergreens for your Garden' , published in the 1950s (forgot the authors name) stated it as being 'very tender' . Many shrubs we are able to grow outdoors nowadays were classed as tender then . Climate change ???
tmcnaught01
You've caused a stir with this one
