Plant Database
Olive Martini Silverberry
Elaeagnus ebbingei ‘Olive Martini’
Elaeagnus × ebbingei 'Olive Martini' is a striking, fast-growing evergreen shrub prized for its bold, variegated foliage and exceptional toughness. This improved cultivar features large, leathery, dark green leaves with wide, irregular, golden-yellow margins that create a luminous, eye-catching effect in the landscape . In autumn, it produces small, inconspicuous, yet intensely fragrant silver-white flowers, followed by small, orange-red, edible berries in spring . An extremely adaptable and low-maintenance plant, it is highly tolerant of drought, salt spray, wind, and poor soils, making it an outstanding choice for coastal gardens, screens, hedges, and foundation plantings.