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Eastern Silverberry

Elaeagnus conferta

Eastern Silverberry
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0

Elaeagnus conferta is a climbing shrub or liana from wet tropical and subtropical Asia, grown mainly as a wild or ornamental climber rather than a common garden plant. Its key needs are warmth, humidity and a sheltered spot with some support to climb on.

Family
Elaeagnaceae (Elaeagn family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile, slightly acidic to neutral loam.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
Indian Subcontinent to China (Yunnan, Guangxi) and W. Malesia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Elaeagnus conferta is a Southeast Asian plant species in the fruiting oleaster genus Eleagnus. This species has been recorded from the Himalayas, China (Yunnan, Guangxi), Indochina and western Malesia: tropical and subtropical wet biomes.

Other Elaeagnus plants

Russian olive · Cherry silverberry · Hybrid Broad Leaf Oleaster · Autumn olive · Oleaster

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Elaeagnus conferta by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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