In article ,
(Charlie Pridham) wrote:

but fruit? I have never seen any

According to http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/elaeagns.html

"If the plants are trimmed in late summer (when being grown as a hedge
for example) then you will be removing most of the plants potential for
producing fruit. The simple answer to this is to only trim the hedge in
the spring, after harvesting the fruit."

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com