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Richard, can you say anything more about when in the fall Eleagnus 
pungens blooms, especially in terns of what other plants are doing, leaves 
dropping, fruit ripening etc.?

Are the flowers attractive to bees? To Monarch butterflies?

Doug Woodard
St. catharines, Ontario, Canada


On Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Richard Moyer wrote:

> Michele wrote:  Does anyone grow Elaeagnus pungens for its fruit?  Are there
> any cultivars
> you are growing in zone 6?

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> My reply: We gather it here in Zone 6 East TN, in March or April after a
> mild winter so earliest bush fruit by far, only temperate bush I know of
> that blooms in fall, holds fruit through winter and ripens in early spring.
> Others out there??
> E. pungens bloom scent in fall is incredibly dense and spicy, hence the
> species name.  Works well as a hedge or as freestanding plants.  Have had a
> small one in our woods for years that has survived -14F with snow cover and
> around zero multiple times without snow cover, plus -5 and -8.

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> Richard Moyer, East TN