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Eleagnus Ebbingei Full Standard Tree

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  Posted by Alison (U14940001) on Tuesday, 6th March 2012

  Hi All.
  i have a young Eleagnus Ebbingei full size topiary tree, which i bought last July,
  
  it is planted in a semi shade position, it planted well and within weeks we could see new shoots of branches and new leaves forming,
  
  in late Autumn we had some flowers but not many and this did not last for long, we had a very cold spell of weather and i think this may have confused the tree?
  
  last week iu noticed lots of the leaves had begun to fall from the tree and although the tree still has many left on there are lots that fall off if i gently shake the tree and as yet we have no sign of any of the "fruit" growing on the tree, (although i think we may be to early for this)
  
  Is my tree dying or sick? is this normal that this happens we have had a very very cold few weeks with temps as low as -20 over night (we live in the Netherlands)

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  Posted by flowerchild (U14083640) on Wednesday, 7th March 2012

  Hi Alison,
  
  Elaeagnus ebbengei in The Netherlands always suffers from the very cold Winters we can get here. A young plant like yours may take a little frost but I'm afraid that, without protection, it may also have died. On the other hand, at the nursury we always told people not to do anything drastic and wait untill the end of June at least.
  
  Fruit cannot be formed if the blossom has been frozen. And it might have been to early anyway as this is a young plant.
  
  Sorry if I seem nosy but where in The Netherlands are you? I'm in the province of Limburg. So had some very extreme temps also.

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  Posted by Alison (U14940001) on Friday, 9th March 2012

  Thanks for this,
  Is there anything you would recomend i do to help it if it hasnt died?
  
  We are up in Hilversum, just south of Amsterdam.
  
  We bought it from Intertuin, but we are out of the 6 month return policy,
  Although i feel slightly annoyed with them if it has died, as i was not told it needed special care during the winter months and we generally have very cold winters here this winter didnt come as a big surprize.
  
  
  

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  Posted by hereisabee (U2342191) on Friday, 9th March 2012

  Not all plants define simply as evergreen or deciduous, so remain hopeful that new leaves will form. Having a rummage in my books it turns out that Elaeagnus x ebbingei was raised from a batch of six seedlings from E. macrophylla raised by S G A Doorenbos in the municipal nursery at The Hague in 1929. E. macrophylla is perfectly hardy coming from Korea and Japan, the pollen parent for the cross came from E. pungens or x reflexa which have a climbing habit when planted under trees, this gave E. x ebbingei.

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  Posted by hereisabee (U2342191) on Friday, 9th March 2012

  (This gave E. x ebbingei) more vigour.

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  Posted by flowerchild (U14083640) on Saturday, 10th March 2012

  Hi Alison,
  
  Well, those big garden centres are notorious for not telling you what you do not ask. In the future try and find a nursery where you can buy from stock. Around the village of Boskoop there are many very good ones. Try Esveld, one of the larger ones. It's a joy to be there in my opinion. Their advice is very good and they speak English too.
  
  What you could do now is check under the bark of the stem if it is still green there. Just scratch a little bark away with a thumbnail. The colour underneath should be green if there is still some life in it. I'm afraid there is not much you can do but wait and see if new leaves appear.
  
  Normally, with older plants, they only tend to loose most of their leaves when they get hit by severe frost, but I've seen a lot of damage done on our young plants, they just cannot cope with the drought yet. They are evergreen so need to evaporate when it's sunny and since the ground is frozen they cannot absorb any water hence they are drying out.
  
  I hope your young plant has survived. Whatever you do, don't throw it away too soon. Give it a chance till Autumn. Iff by then there are no new leaves it's not likely there will be any. Good luck!

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