Elaeagnus multiflora, 'Sweet Scarlet' Goumi Hybridizer_Calot Full double blossoms are occasionally

Full double blossoms are occasionally produced

light green in summer

Large single white flowers with yellow to dark maroon stamens

but the seed came from famed US breeder Bill Seidl in the early 1990s

Elaeagnus multiflora, 'Sweet Scarlet' Goumi Hybridizer_Calot Full double blossoms are occasionallyElaeagnus multiflora 'Sweet Scarlet' Variety description: Selected at the Main Botanic Garden in Kiev, Ukraine, 'Sweet Scarlet' is prized for its abundant crop of sweet fruit. Berries average 1 2" long and ripen few days earlier than the fruit of 'Red Gem.' Overall 'Sweet Scarlet' is a heavier producer and more vigorous grower than the cultivar 'Red Gem.' Native to the Russian Far East, China and Japan, Goumi is a very popular fruit in these regions.