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    ESCALLONIA
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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.

    Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes - Click to close
    • Good to know
      Good for shrub borders, against walls and for hedges, screens or windbreaks. Foliage scents the air after rain. Wildlife plant - bees, butterflies, moths.
    • Place of origin
      South America
    • Evergreen
    • Hedge
      Ideal for hedging
    • Tall Shrub
    • Bee friendly
    • Rabbit Resistant
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    Varieties
    ESCALLONIA 'Apple Blossom'
    Delicate pale pink with neat foliage
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £13.50
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    ESCALLONIA 'Iveyi'
    The most handsome member of this family, originally raised at Caerhays Castle, with very glossy foliage and waxy white flowers
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £13.50
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    ESCALLONIA 'Peach Blossom'
    Similar to 'Apple Blossom' but with clear peach pink flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £13.50
    ESCALLONIA 'Red Dream'
    Chilean Gum Box
    Bright red, compact.
     
    2 Litre
    £13.50
    ESCALLONIA resinosa
    Sticky leaves which smell strongly especially during warm weather. Large white flowers in JULY. A real rarity for the plantsman. Curry like aroma after rain
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £13.50
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    ESCALLONIA tucumanensis
    Red-tinted new growth and white flowers in summer.
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £15.00
    ESCALLONIA rubra var. macrantha
    Pink flowers, with tough foliage, good in coastal exposure
     
    Pot grown
    £12.50
    ESCALLONIA rubra var. macrantha 'Crimson Spire'
    Red flowers, upright growth
     
    Pot grown
    £12.50

    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Blood, Fish & Bone
    Improves vegetable, fruit and flower quality. Blood, Fish and Bone contains three major nutrients essential for strong and healthy growth.
    1.5 kg
    £6.50
    Vermin & Pest Control
    SB Plant Invigorator
    This is a non-biological non-chemical plant insecticide and mildewcide. Works against the physical motion of the insect. Perfect for all plants and edible crops.
    500 ml
    £8.00
    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™.
    1 ltr
    £8.50
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