| Scientific Name: | Garrya elliptica |
| Common Name: | wavyleaf silktassel, coast silk-tassel , silk tasselbush |
| Family Name: | Garryaceae |
| Origin: | U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense |
| Form: | Round, Weeping |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Screening, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Tomentose, Elliptic, Ciliate, Entire, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Catkin (ament), White, Jan-Feb-Mar |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Purple, Brown, Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, most elliptical, 6-8cm long x 3-4cm wide, margin entire and wavy, undersides tomentose; male plants with catkins 10-20(-30)cm long; female plants less common, catkins 6-9cm long; berries 6-11mm wide, in grape-like purplish clusters, dry with gray pubescence. | |