Elaeagnus × ebbingei

oleaster

• Position: full sun or partial shade
• Soil: fertile, well-drained soil
• Rate of growth: average to fast-growing
• Flowering period: October and November
• Flower colour: creamy-white
• Other features: tolerates dry soil and salt-laden coastal winds
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  Lustrous, dark green leaves with silvery undersides and fragrant, creamy-white autumn flowers. This versatile, shade-tolerant, evergreen shrub is equally at home in the shrub border or grown as an informal hedge. The plain green foliage is an excellent foil for ornamental or feature plants and for screening or linking areas of the garden.
  
  
• Garden care: To keep hedging specimens tidy in late summer cut back long or misplaced shoots using secateurs. Remove any plain green-leaved shoots as soon as they appear, cutting them back to the origin.
  
  
• Goes well with: Choisya ternata, Garrya elliptica, Sarcococca confusa, Hedera hibernica 'Sagittifolia', Geranium macrorrhizum 'Album', Galanthus nivalis.