Elaeagnus x ebbingei Pleached
Elaeagnus x ebbingei Pleached
Elaeagnus x ebbingei Pleached Oleaster
The pleached Elaeagnus x ebbingei is a rare combination of year-round evergreen privacy and sensory delight. While most pleached trees are chosen purely for structure, this oleaster brings something extra — intensely fragrant, creamy-white flowers in autumn, filling the garden with scent just as other plants are fading. Fast-growing, tough, and beautifully architectural, it's one of the most versatile pleached trees available.
Key Features
- Fragrant autumn flowers: small but intensely scented creamy-white flowers in October–November — a rare quality in a pleached tree
- Evergreen: dense, silvery-green foliage provides year-round privacy and structure
- Fast growing: establishes quickly and fills the frame with vigour
- Coastal tolerant: exceptionally wind and salt tolerant — ideal for exposed coastal gardens
- Pre-trained: supplied as a shaped pleached frame for immediate architectural impact
- Trims well: responds excellently to clipping, maintaining a clean, formal canopy with ease
Growing Guide
Plant in any well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. Highly tolerant of exposed, coastal, and urban conditions. Trim once or twice a year to maintain the pleached shape. Fully hardy throughout the UK.
Perfect For
Coastal gardens, exposed sites, urban courtyards, formal and contemporary landscapes, boundary screening, and any scheme where year-round evergreen privacy with seasonal fragrance is desired.
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Planting Instructions
Plant in any well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade. Elaeagnus x ebbingei is highly tolerant of exposed, coastal, and urban conditions and requires no special soil preparation. Dig a hole wider than the root ball, position the tree upright, backfill, firm in well, and water thoroughly.
Secure the frame to posts or a support structure immediately after planting. Water regularly during the first growing season. Once established, it is one of the most drought-tolerant and low-maintenance pleached trees available. Trim the canopy once or twice a year — typically in late spring and again in late summer — to maintain a clean, formal shape.
Size & Specification
Supplied as a pre-trained pleached tree on a clear stem. Exact frame dimensions (height, width, and clear stem) vary by batch — please contact us before ordering if you require specific dimensions. All trees are selected for quality, uniformity, and vigour before dispatch.
Elaeagnus x ebbingei is a fast-growing evergreen that responds well to training and clipping, making it ideal for maintaining a precise pleached canopy long-term.
Delivery & Dispatch
This is a large, heavy item requiring specialist pallet delivery to mainland UK addresses only. Delivery is kerbside — please ensure suitable access and assistance is available on the day. We will contact you to arrange a suitable delivery date after your order is placed.
Please allow 14–28 days for delivery. This allows us to select premium quality trees and arrange transit in a way that prevents damage. Delivery charges are calculated at checkout based on order value. Please plant or position the tree promptly on arrival and water thoroughly.
Wildlife & Ecological Notes
Elaeagnus x ebbingei produces small but intensely fragrant creamy-white flowers in October and November — a time when very few other plants are in flower. This makes it exceptionally valuable for late-season pollinators including ivy bees, hoverflies, and late-flying bumblebee queens searching for nectar before winter.
The dense evergreen canopy provides year-round shelter and nesting opportunities for garden birds. Small orange-red berries produced in spring are eaten by thrushes and blackbirds, adding further wildlife value across the seasons.