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Secret agent

WHEN you move house, it may be that a much-loved record or book stays hidden in one of those boxes in the attic that, despite best intentions, stays unopened for months. You know you have it somewhere and that you will be reunited at some point, but you feel its absence. I have the same feeling with particular plants that were in my previous home, which, this summer will finally be added to our new garden. Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) is one such.

Its common name

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