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Silverberry (Wolf Willow) vs Purple Leaf Sand Cherry

Elaeagnus commutata

Prunus x cistena

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Silverberry (Wolf Willow)
Purple Leaf Sand Cherry

Silverberry (also known as Wolf Willow) is a common native North American shrub. This beautiful ornamental plant has characteristic silver leaves and fragrant yellow flowers.

Its silver berries remain on the branches through the winter. Silverberry is cold hardy and has some ability as a nitrogen fixer. It can grow on dry to moist sandy/gravel soils. This plant is very low maintenance.

Purple Leaf Sand Cherry provides bright reddish-purple leaves that turn bronze-green in the fall. In the spring, tiny flowers with a pinkish white hue bloom. The flowers are small, but the impact comes from the shrub blossoming all at once.

The Purple leaf sand cherry can be susceptible to pests and diseases in more humid areas; a typical life span is approximately 15 years. Not suitable for a privacy hedge on its own but is often alternated with lilacs. Often used as an accent plant that attracts birds and bees.

Silverberry (Wolf Willow) Quick Facts

Purple Leaf Sand Cherry Quick Facts

Zone: 1a
Zone: 3a
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: any
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: dark red
Berries: silver, edible
Flowers: yellow
Flowers: pinkish
Bark: dark red to purple
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: short
Life span: short
Suckering: high
Suckering: low




Toxicity: the leaves and seed are slightly toxic
Other Names: american silverberry, silver berry, wolf willow
Other Names: purpleleaf sandcherry