Please Help!!

[HKGuns]

I Identified this flowering tree several years ago and for the life of me I can't remember what it is called!

It is a Russian something or other.....Thanks for your help in reminding me, it is driving me crazy.

The entire tree
[img]https://hkguns.zenfolio.com/img/s3/v43/p301652190-5.jpg[/img]

A closeup of the flowers and leaves.

[img]https://hkguns.zenfolio.com/img/s3/v41/p24820934-5.jpg[/img]

[WildcatNurseryman]

Eleagnus of some type. Russian Olive.

[!potatoes!]

looks like a honeysuckle of some sort. they don't look like eleagnus leaves to me, they'd be coarser.

(don't know what might be russian about it though)

[HKGuns]

It is definitely Russian something or other, as I ordered a replacement roughly 5 years ago for one that was blown down in the wind. I just can't find the receipt for purchase.

I am pretty sure I will recognize the name, Russian Olive and Honeysuckle don't sound right to me.

[kdodds]

They wouldn't happen to call it Woodbine, would they? It's another name for Honeysuckle and certainly looks like Honeysuckle to me. Is the flower very pungent/sweet?

[WildcatNurseryman]

Check Elaeagnus umbellata

[WildcatNurseryman]

Lonicera maackii- picture was labeled with Elaeagnus. Originally thought the leaf had the little white specks of the olive but I think Potatoes might be onto something.
Are the older leaves rough/tough or soft to the touch?
An individual straight on veiw of the flower should make eliminating honeysuckle pretty easy, if it is not.
Had a Elaeagnus once but it got verticillum wilt and I never replaced it. Very first plant I planted in my life, as a matter of fact.

[HKGuns]

None of these sound right to me, sorry to be a know it all when I am asking for your help.

The leaves are not rough at all, they are soft and smooth and have an almost delicate quality to them.

This is harder than I thought it would be the second time around. The name is on the tip of my tongue so to speak and I can't for the life of me remember what it was.....

The flowers are on the sweet side, but not really very fragrant at all...Just a hint of sweetness. Here is an up close shot of a flower.

If you click on the picture it will get a lot larger for you.

[img]https://hkguns.zenfolio.com/img/s1/v46/p549355218-5.jpg[/img]

[img]https://hkguns.zenfolio.com/img/s1/v46/p537289686-5.jpg[/img]

[applestar]

You are sure it's not Amur Honeysuckle?? ...oh wait, I think Amur is white... pink is... Tartarian Honeysuckle? Both are bush honeysuckles and, I think, have hollow new growth stems.

[DoubleDogFarm]

amelanchier?


Eric

[kdodds]

They may not have called it Woodbine or Honeysuckle, but that is almost definitely what it is, probably Tartarian Honeysuckle/Woodbine. You don't list your location, so finding the common name IN YOUR AREA is going to be difficult.