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ESCALLONIA
Easily-grown, adaptable jack-of-all-trades for a garden sheltered from cold winds. Loves to be beside the seaside.
Genus of about 50-60 species of mostly evergreen shrubs, or more rarely, small trees found in woodland and scrub, and often on mountains in South America.
Further Reading....
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Evergreen
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HedgeIdeal for hedging
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Tall Shrub
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Additional Features
Good to knowGood for shrub borders, against walls and for hedges, screens or windbreaks. Foliage scents the air after rain. Wildlife plant - bees, butterflies, moths.
Place of originSouth America -
Wildlife
Bee friendlyRabbit Resistant
Cold weather damage to evergreen plants
Escallonia - Care Guide
Buy Varieties of ESCALLONIA
BUSH TYPES
ESCALLONIA 'Apple Blossom'
delicate pale pink with neat foliage
ESCALLONIA 'Iveyi'
the most handsome member of this family, originally raised at Caerhays Castle, with very glossy foliage and waxy white flowers
ESCALLONIA 'Peach Blossom'
similar to 'Apple Blossom' but with clear peach pink flowers
ESCALLONIA tucumanensis
red-tinted new growth and white flowers in summer.
Gift-wrapping available
£15.00
HEDGING TYPES
ESCALLONIA rubra var. macrantha
pink flowers, with tough foliage, good in coastal exposure
ESCALLONIA rubra var. macrantha 'Crimson Spire'
red flowers, upright growth
pot grown
Gift-wrapping available
individually £12.50 each , 10+ £11.00 each
Useful extras...
Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
Q4 Pelleted Fertiliser
A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
3 options from £6.00
Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
Afterplant - Grow Your Own
AFTER PLANT GROW YOUR OWN seaweed is ready to use liquid concentrate that was specially formulated be used on all edible plants.
Only £8.00
Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
Afterplant - Tomatoes
AFTER PLANT TOMATO FEED Liquid Concentrate with Bio stimulant is a high potash liquid concentrate containing seaweed extract, plant derived amino acids and other nutrients specifically formulated to benefit tomatoes and greenhouse plants.
Only £8.00
Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
Rootgrow mycorrhizal fungi
Recommended by the RHS. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi. Suitable for all trees and shrubs (except rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers, cranberries and blueberries)
3 options from £3.00
Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
Rootgrow Ericoid mycorrhizal fungi
This specially adapted Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi will boost the growth of acid-loving plants like rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers and blueberries.
It contains ericoid and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, which are found in poor acidic soils where ericaceous plants naturally grow.
Only £7.50
Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
All-purpose Seaweed Stimulant
All-purpose organic concentrated seaweed feed that is a ready to use, derived from sustainable harvested kelp, that can be used on all outdoor and indoor plants, except acid loving plants.
Perfect used in conjunction with Rootgrow™.
Only £7.50
