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Elaeagnus x ebbingei banquet?
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(Chris Hogg) wrote: I think the berries develop slowly over the winter months, but there's only ever a few of them, nothing like the abundance of flowers, so easy to miss. According to PFAF: ``Fertilization. Two possible problems here. Firstly, it is possible that there are insufficient pollinating insects around in late autumn to effect fertilization. I tend to disregard this possibility because I have seen fruits formed without the flower even opening, suggesting some sort of self-fertilization. Also, one of the hedges that I monitor is in such a position (in the middle of 6 lanes of constantly congested roadway) that it discourages insect fertilization - yet this hedge always produces a superb crop of fruit. The second reason for lack of fertilization could be due to the fact that this plant is a garden hybrid and that cross-pollination is required to effect fertilization. Whilst this does seem to be a possibility with some of the plants that I have been observing, it is by no means a general rule. I have often seen isolated plants with very good yields of fruit. At the present I am recommending growing the very ornamental variegated cultivar GILT EDGE together with the closely related E. pungens VARIEGATA alongside E. x ebbingei since this combination has led to very good yields in a couple of sites.'' Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com |
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