Elaeagnus x Ebbingei Limelight Hedging

Elaeagnus x ebbingei Limelight is a strong growing variegated evergreen shrub with broad and leathery dark green leaves with lime green to yellow variegation at the centre.

It is fully hardy and will tolerate dry soil, growing in full sun or partial shade. It does not tolerate deep shade well when the variegation will revert to dark green. Its growth is average to fast and it has small deliciously scented creamy white flowers in the autumn followed, occasionally by orange fruits in the spring.

It forms a dense rounded bush and is beloved of flower arrangers. Any leaves reverting to dark green should be removed in spring.

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Great for your garden

Ealeagnus x ebbingei Limelight is perfect at the back of a shrub border providing light in shaded areas and relieving the monotony of solid evergreen shrubs that may surround it. It is fully hardy and will tolerate quite difficult conditions except dry solid shade.

The young leaves are dark green with a silvery hue gradually developing the delightful lime green variation at the centre. It is perfect when associating with other evergreens and as a contrast with purple leaved shrubs such as Cotinus coggygria Royal Purple. It makes an unusual informal hedge.

Elaeagnus x ebbingei Limelight hedge plants are delivered pot-grown, all year round.
All of our hedge plants are measured by their height in centimetres above the ground (the pots aren't measured).

Elaeagnus x ebbingei Limelight characteristics:

Evergreen variegated leaves
Sun or partial shade
Fully hardy
Small, scented white flowers in autumn
Disease resistant
Medium to fast growth

Trivia:

The genus Elaeagnus is made up of around 45 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs/trees. The Elaeagnus x ebbingei cultivars are sometimes mistaken for Elaeagnus Angustifolia, commonly known as 'Russian Olive'.

Growing Elaeagnus x ebbingei Limelight:

Elaeagnus x ebbingei Limelight will grow well in any sunny, well drained soil apart from shallow chalk, although it will tolerate most other alkaline soils. It is suitable for exposed, salty seaside areas and mature plants are very drought hardy.

Note: Although it is a hardy plant, we generally recommend that you plant Elaeagnus angustifolia instead in the North and Scotland. Elaeagnus ebbingei will often lose its leaves in a Northern winter, which is not a problem in itself, but combined with high rainfall and damp soil, it may struggle to grow well.

Spacing an Elaeagnus ebbingei hedge:

Plant Elaeagnus ebbingei hedging at 2 plants per metre, 50cms apart.

Prepare your site before planting:

It is good to dig over the area where you plant a hedge several months in advance, especially if the soil is poor. Destroy the weeds first: nettles, brambles and ground elder are tough and a glyphosate based weed-killer is the best way to remove them.

Then dig the soil over; remove rocks, roots and other rubbish. Mix in well rotted compost or manure down to the depth of about 2 spades. If your soil is rich, you don't have to dig it over, but killing all the weeds is still necessary.

Watch our video on how to plant a garden hedge for full details. The plants in this video are delivered pot-grown, but planting out bareroot stock is essentially the same.

Note:Remember to water establishing plants during dry weather for at least a year after planting.

Hedge Planting Accessories:

Prepare your site for planting by killing the weeds and grass with Roundup weed killer.

You can buy a hedge planting pack with sheets of mulch fabric and pegs to hold it down.

When planting in an area with rabbit/deer, you'll need a plastic spiral guard for each plant, and a bamboo cane.

If your soil quality is poor, we recommend using Mycorrhizal Fungi on the roots of new trees and shrubs.

You can also improve your soil with bonemeal organic fertiliser and Growmore.

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Delivery: The basic delivery charge for orders of bareroot plants is £6.50 + vat, which increases to £12.55 + vat if you add any pot-grown plants, standard trees or fruit trees to the order.
Because couriers sometimes experience delays, we schedule delivery by week, not by day. Therefore, please plan your planting day for the weekend at the end of the delivery week or for the week following delivery, at the earliest.
We will email you the day before your plants are due to arrive.

*Surcharges to the Highlands and Islands still apply.

Payment: We do not charge your card until we begin to prepare your order for packing.

Guarantee: If any plants die within a year, we will replace them. We only ask that you follow our planting & growing instructions and sent us clear photographs of the dead plants in situ, so we can help to make sure that the replacement plants succeed. You only pay for the delivery of the replacements.

Please note that our guarantee is void if there is a hosepipe ban in your area: your newly planted hedging must be watered in dry weather while it is establishing. The best way to water is very thoroughly every few days: at least once a week if there is no heavy rain.

Our nursery has been supplying container grown and bareroot hedging plants to gardeners, farmers and town planners since 1949. Our website started in 2003, so we do understand the concerns that you may have about buying hedging plants online. If any of your plants are damaged when they arrive or if you are otherwise not satisfied with your order after you inspect it, please repackage it and contact us. We will give you a refund or send replacements and send a courier to come and collect the unwanted plants.

Misc	Shrub, Wildlife Value
Shade	Partial Shade
Area	Coastal Areas, Exposed Windy Areas
Soil	Poor/Dry
Type	Evergreen, Hedging, Screening
Also Good	Fragrant

	NUMBER OF PLANTS
SIZES	1-9	10-24	25-49	50-99	100+
100/125 cm 10 LITRE POT	Out of Stock £21.50	Out of Stock £20.25	Out of Stock £19.75	Out of Stock £19.05	Out of Stock £18.75

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