hi, I have an eleangus silver berry shrub but I’d like to grow it with just a bushy top for privacy, can I prune all the lower branches to do this please
I have an eleagnus quicksilver that has grown as a standard. I originally planted a E. silverberry and a E. quicksilver very close together. Many years later I decided I didn't like the silverberry, so I removed it and found the quicksilver happily growing in the middle of it. It had turned itself into a standard, and also managed to twist its stems rather attractively. It does try and send out shoots from the main stem, but I rub them off or cut them off.
So I don't see why you couldn't do the same with your silverberry
I post a pic the right way round now this site re-orients them.... grrr 😠 it never used to happen
The flower pic was from a couple of years ago. They have a lovely honey scent
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I originally planted a E. silverberry and a E. quicksilver very close together.
Many years later I decided I didn't like the silverberry, so I removed it and found the quicksilver happily growing in the middle of it.
It had turned itself into a standard, and also managed to twist its stems rather attractively.
It does try and send out shoots from the main stem, but I rub them off or cut them off.
So I don't see why you couldn't do the same with your silverberry
I post a pic the right way round now this site re-orients them.... grrr 😠 it never used to happen
The flower pic was from a couple of years ago. They have a lovely honey scent
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
For some bizarre reason it doesn't accept the *.png format either.
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George Bernard Shaw'
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.