Silver Satin New Mexico Privet

‘Silver Satin’ New Mexico Privet (Forestiera neomexicana) is a newerselection of this outstanding native shrub species. A deciduous plant, the newspring leaves emerge green, but soon develop a shiny gray color that thenchanges to golden yellow in the fall. Discovered by High Country Gardens ChiefHorticulturist, David Salman, in a Santa Fe, NM landscape, ‘Silver Satin’ isgrown from cuttings taken from the original male plant. It may take the plant acouple of years to begin to show its silver leaves, as it seems that the youngfoliage on the fast-growing stems of young transplants will stay green, but bepatient, as the mature plants are stunning in the xeric landscape. ‘SilverSatin’ is a male plant and can be used instead of or in addition to HappyBoy for pollinating Forestiera BerryGirl to grow dark purple berries on the femaleplant, which are eagerly eaten by song birds. If no fruit is desired, plantonly male plants. One male plant can pollinate numerous female plants. In thexeriscape, combine it with Blue Mist Spirea (Caryopteris), Gro-Low Sumac(Rhus), and Fernbush (Chamaebatiaria millifolium).