Escallonia Standard
It is particulary hardy and will cope with coastal conditions as well as a hot dry location but does not cope with humidity.
Escallonia standard. Garden ninja uses the example of a photinia bush that has become overgrown and unproductive. Pruning helps encourage plant growth flowering and also keeps your plants in shape. Frost hardy and drought tolerant once established. Peter beales roses buy roses online from chelsea gold medal winning world leaders in shrub climbing rambling and standard classic roses.
Escallonia grow to around 3m with 2 5m spread. This means if you are growing escallonia as a hedge and it is a very popular hedging plant shrubs need to be planted about 45 cms apart. If the escallonia has outgrown its alloted space it is possible to prune it harder to re shape and reduce in size. Escallonia iveyi is a quick growing evergreen plant with fragrant white flowers in summer.
Ideal for hedges borders or screening. Genus escallonia are evergreen shrubs with glossy leathery toothed leaves sometimes sticky and 5 petalled white pink or red flowers in terminal racemes or panicles in summer and early autumn details apple blossom is a compact evergreen shrub with small glossy dark green leaves and chalice shaped pink and white flowers 12mm in width in short leafy racemes from early summer.