Re: Correction to Previous: Elaeagnus multflora

Dear David,

Yes, I am at about 1000 foot elevation, zone 9 - we got a week straight of 25 degrees this past winter but for a short duration and it warmed up during the day. They do grow oranges in our valley and I have a small lemon and orange tree in my yard.

I really don't like oleander (but that would be a good choice - there is one in town that is as big as a tree - maybe I should reconsider - it certainly would probably be less expensive to plant a long row of oleander than some exotic plant - a long row of white oleander might look nice). I planted three dodonaea purpurea in my front yard this past month but they are closer to the house which will protect them some. The section I want the screen is at the lower slope and may get a bit more frost. I might try another variety of elaeagnus if I can't get the multiflora - but I thought it was worth a try since part of my overall plan is to incorporate edible fruits and bird friendly habitat in my gardens. I am going to have to check around and see if there are any mature elaeagnus around here to see how they look and to check out the location they are planted.

I found out about the multiflora from the California Rare Fruit Grower's web site - I have a message out to their web site and several nurseries - so perhaps I will yet be able to find the multiflora - and perhaps I will just get a few of them and put them somewhere else in my gardens since they sounded so interesting and little known in the United States. Thank you so much for your input - you have got me thinking about some alternatives - which is good. My problem is that I want something 10 feet tall tomorrow - so I may have to consider something more readily available instead of getting some whips that will take 10 years to get to size.

Linda Starr
Springville Gardens


----- Original Message ----- From: "david feix" <davidfeix@yahoo.com>
To: <mtnstar@ocsnet.net>; <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: Correction to Previous: Elaeagnus multflora


Linda,
Correct me if I am wrong, but you are in the Sierra
Nevada foothills, aren't you?  It might be too common
or obvious a choice, but Oleander certainly is fast
growing and bullet proof as to heat and drought.
Dodonaea viscosa 'Purpurea' is another fast, easy
grower for such conditions, but may suffer some frost
damage in bad winters.  Toyon, Heteromeles arbutifolia
is not as fast, but also a very good screen
shrub/small tree with year round interest. Arbutus
unedo might also work well for you, but would
appreciate more summer water the first few years to
get it established.

I don't have any experience with the Eleagnus
multiflora you mention, but wonder if it really is all
that drought tolerant coming from summer rainfall
Japan and China?  Only E. pungens cultivars or E. x
ebbingei are much used here in the San Francisco Bay
Area, and even these are kind of an old fashioned
1950's/60's era plant not much used anymore.  I tend
to associate them with partial shade/morning sun
situations rather than full sun, but this is just how
I most often see them used locally.



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