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Its deep green foliage carries a distinctive silver and gold sheen on the young growth — catching the light beautifully through the seasons — while in autumn, small but intensely fragrant flowers fill the surrounding air with a rich, sweet scent that belies their modest appearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresented here in an elegant quarter standard form, this is a plant that brings immediate architectural presence to entranceways, formal borders, container displays, and year-round screening schemes alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy Choose Elaeagnus x ebbingei Quarter Standard?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntensely fragrant creamy white autumn flowers — a powerful, sweet scent that carries well through the garden\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep green evergreen foliage with a silver-gold sheen on young growth — year-round ornamental interest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuarter standard form — immediate architectural presence from planting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExcellent for topiary, formal hedging, screening, and container displays\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExceptionally hardy and wind tolerant — one of the toughest evergreen shrubs for exposed UK sites, including coastal districts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFast-growing and adaptable — establishes quickly in a wide range of soils and conditions. 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