Gilt Edge Silverberry

Elaeagnus x ebbingei 'Gilt Edge'

Sku #3193

A splendid combination of golden yellow margins on bright green foliage provides wonderful year-round interest in the landscape. A superb hedge or low screen that tolerates heat and wind, and requires little maintenance. Tiny, fragrant, silvery flowers in fall are followed by red ornamental berries. Evergreen.

Light Needs

Full sun

Light Needs
Water Needs

Once established, water occasionally; more in extreme heat.
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Key Feature

Colorful Hedge Plant

Light Needs

Full sun

Landscape Uses

Border, Dry Shade, Hedge, Mass Planting, Privacy Screen, Urban Garden, Wildlife Garden

Watering Needs:Once established, water occasionally; more in extreme heat.

Botanical Pronunciation:e-le-AG-nus eb-BING-e-i

Plant type:Shrub

Deciduous/evergreen:Evergreen

Growth habit:Rounded

Growth rate:Moderate

Average landscape size:Moderate growing; reaches 4 to 5 ft. tall and wide.

Special features:Bird Friendly, Dramatic Foliage Color, Easy Care, Ornamental Berries, Pet Friendly, Waterwise, Year-round Interest

Foliage color:Variegated

Blooms:Fall

Flower color:White

Flower attributesFragrant

Garden styleContemporary, Rustic

Design IdeasWith its brilliant coloring, this plant is a bright specimen in partially shaded gardens in need of excitement. Also good against darker backgrounds and for welcome color late in the year when flowering plants are through. A great way to interrupt long runs of dull foliage. Use sparingly when interplanting with other yellow, yellow-green or gray-green plants.

Companion PlantsEuonymus (Euonymus); Coneflower (Echinacea); Coral Bells (Heuchera); Loropetalum (Loropetalum); Barberry (Berberis)

Care

Care Information

Thrives in light, loamy or sandy, well-drained soil with full to part sun, but tolerates a range of conditions including dry shade and poor soil; avoid soggy soils. Water deeply, regularly during first growing season to establish extensive root system; reduce frequency once established. Apply fertilizer in early spring. Prune annually to shape.Pruning time: winter.

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