Elaeagnus - silverberry shohin

[Leo in N E Illinois]

Judy, you Elaeagnus is inspiring. Wonderful.

I really need to dig a few out of the landscape, have them on the farm. I've got E. umbellata, which flowers in spring, but otherwise is pretty similar. I just need to get busy and dig.

 

[Bonsai Nut]

Almost fall and blooming well this year, I so love the subtle scent of these.

Mine flowers right around Christmas. It is honestly one of the best-smelling things I have ever encountered! My wife even had me bring the tree inside the house

 

[JudyB]

Judy, you Elaeagnus is inspiring. Wonderful.

I really need to dig a few out of the landscape, have them on the farm. I've got E. umbellata, which flowers in spring, but otherwise is pretty similar. I just need to get busy and dig.

Yes get after those! Would like to see more of these in bonsai culture.

 

[JudyB]

Here is the current tree, with brand new leaves for spring
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[Darth Masiah]

Judy, you Elaeagnus is inspiring. Wonderful.

I really need to dig a few out of the landscape. I just need to get busy...

it's on this winter. there's a couple i want in the woods behind my house.

 

[ABCarve]

Here is the current tree, with brand new leaves for spring
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“Brand new leaves” ??? Is yours deciduous or have you defoliated it? Mine keeps its leaves, although it’s kept in the temperate greenhouse. I seem to remember you stating somewhere that you defoliate yours numerous times over a growing season. Am I mistaken? If not, how often and when do you start?

 

[defra]

“Brand new leaves” ??? Is yours deciduous or have you defoliated it? Mine keeps its leaves, although it’s kept in the temperate greenhouse. I seem to remember you stating somewhere that you defoliate yours numerous times over a growing season. Am I mistaken? If not, how often and when do you start?

There is different types i think judy's is dropping the leaves in fall...
I have one too that keeps the leaves year round

 

[JudyB]

I defoliate this in the spring, getting ready to do it for the year soon. It sometimes drops the odd leaf on it's own but mostly I do the defoliation every year.