Elaeagnus aren’t the most colourful of shrubs, but in winter they can come into their own, especially one like E x ebbingei ‘Gilt Edge’ with its dark leaves edged with creamy yellow. Did you know with ...

Q: My Elaeagnus plants are dying branch by branch. First branch turns a mottled yellow then brown, and the entire branch is dead. It is now affecting many of the Elaeagnus plants I have lining my back ...

ALL through these soaked months, the garden has had one consolation to offer: rushing from house to car, we would be brought up smartly by a sweet, summer-like perfume, even on the wettest of days.

A romantic guy would probably remember the perfume his wife wore on their very first date. This plant geek remembers the aroma that filled the air on James Parkway across my childhood home there in ...

DEAR NEIL: The local county extension office identified this plant as Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia). She told me this is neither an insect nor a disease — that she had the same thing on her ...

Q: I was told that these are Russian olives. At one point they were luscious, but now they are almost bare. What caused this? What can I do to get them full looking again? A: Whoever told you these ...