What's this lovely scented shrub?

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• rachelQrtJHBjb Posts: 819

  November 2020

  Beautiful garden @Silver surfer
  
  

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• SueAtoo Posts: 380

  November 2020

  Thorns on an eleagnus ?

  East Dorset, new (to me) rather neglected garden.

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  November 2020 edited November 2020

  SueAtoo said:

  Thorns on an eleagnus ?

  Elaeagnus pungens...common name silver thorn/thorny olive has thorns.
  
  https://www.google.com/search?q=elaeagnus+pungens+thorns&rlz=1C1CHBF_enGB785GB785&sxsrf=ALeKk00PfoS061QPAPWQPYo3TYQY_9a57w:1605307181362&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjqobOiy4DtAhUcQEEAHfJ9AyYQ_AUoAXoECCgQAw&biw=1280&bih=578#imgrc=Ed7fQxOyExTPOM
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaeagnus_pungens
  
  https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/64568/Elaeagnus-pungens-Frederici-(v)/Details
  

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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• Nollie Posts: 7,529

  November 2020

  Thanks @Pete.8. @Silver surfer yours is beautiful too. Can’t find a ‘Quicksilver’ but found these two, The first is maybe closer, being an angustifolia, but the second looks good too and and maybe more silver, given the argente tag:
  
  

  Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.

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• Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

  November 2020

  They look lovely Nollie - I didn't know there were so many varieties, and they both look a lot better then the 'green blob'!
  

  
  Billericay - Essex
  
  Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
  Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

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• Nollie Posts: 7,529

  November 2020

  Me neither, thanks @Edam for asking your question, sparked some interesting discussions and new plant discoveries 😊 

  Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.

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