Botanical Name: Elaeagnus pungens 'Maculata'
Common Name: Golden elaeagnus
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright to spreading, stiffly branched, forming a dense, irregularly rounded canopy, becomes more open with age unless pruned – branches somewhat spiny, covered with glandular dots, usually wider than tall
Height 5-10'
Spread 8-15'
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun to partial shade
Soil tolerates most, including alkaline
Hardiness hardy (zones 4-24); tolerates desert heat
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, alternate, oval-elliptic, 2-4" long, margins somewhat undulate, dark green with golden blotch in center of blade
Flowers silvery, funnel-shaped, fragrant, mostly axillary, singly or in small clusters, 1/2" long – September through November
Fruit small, oval, red drupe in winter
 
Propagation:
semihardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
excellent large filler or barrier plant - slope plantings– can be pruned into formal hedges
 
Landscape Care:
Watering occasional deep soak, tolerates both regular and some drought
Fertilizing little required after established
Pruning to shape desired, anytime – avoid heavy pruning
Pests/Diseases spider mite
Special Conditions/Other rinse off foliage to discourage mites
 
Origin: Japan/China
Family: Elaeagnaceae

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