Elaeagnus pungens 'Fruitlandii'
Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- el-ee-AG-nus PUN-gens
- Description
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A large dense irregular mounded shrub that prefers full sun to partial shade. It tolerates a range of soil types, salt spray, wind, poor soil, heat tolerant.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Elaeagnus
- Species:
- pungens
- Family:
- Elaeagnaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Woody
- Dimensions:
- Height: 8 ft. 0 in. - 10 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 6 ft. 0 in. - 9 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Shrub
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Habit/Form:
- Dense
- Irregular
- Mounding
- Growth Rate:
- Rapid
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- High Organic Matter
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Shallow Rocky
- Soil pH:
- Acid (<6.0)
- Alkaline (>8.0)
- Neutral (6.0-8.0)
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 7b, 7a, 8b, 8a, 9b, 9a, 10b, 10a
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Brown/Copper
- Red/Burgundy
- Fruit Type:
- Achene
- Fruit Description:
- Brown-red fruits that look like drupes but are actually achenes with a fleshy outter coating.
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Gray/Silver
- White
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Fall
- Flower Shape:
- Bell
- Flower Description:
- A cluster of silvery-white, fragrant, bell-shaped flowers in fall
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Leaf Color:
- Blue
- Brown/Copper
- Green
- Leaf Shape:
- Linear
- Ovate
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Large bluish-green leaves have wavy margins
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Brown/Copper
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Description:
- Slightly spiny angular branches have a brownish hue
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Coastal
- Attracts:
- Bees
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Deer
- Heat
- Poor Soil
- Salt
