Just a quick one for today; Taisha will have some lengthier entries for later this week. Today’s photograph is from long-time contributor Lotus Johnson of Victoria, BC (aka ngawangchodron@Flickr (original image via the Botany Photo of the Day Flickr Pool). Thank you!
I’ve previously shared the silvery autumn foliage of Elaeagnus commutata, or silver-berry, on BPotD, With today’s image, Lotus demonstrates the green spring foliage, the flower and the fine-scaled leaves of this western and northern North America native. Please see the prior entry or the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center’s information sheet for additional reading about Elaeagnus commutata.
I have one of these friendly plants in a 10 gallon pot….pretty tall…. Anything I should be doing to it to increase the probability of a flower or 2?? sadly I have yet to see any produced……do they like it dry and shady? or hot and wet?? or none of the above???
peace
Don’t like wet, in general, so I imagine well-draining soil and not shady at a minimum. After that, if they flower in Victoria and flower in Jasper, I suspect a wide range of tolerance to variables such as day length and heat in cultivated situations.