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Some plants come into their own in winter and early spring when most plants have lost their leaves and have little to offer by way of garden ornament. Elaeagnus is a beacon amid the bare branches. It ...

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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 ...

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Elaeagnus commutata Uses United States (Montana) berries eaten by the Blackfoot, Stoney/Assiniboine and other Native American groups.

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