Escallonia 'Red Elf'
Escallonia 'Red Elf'
Escallonia is an attractive evergreen shrub which is easy to grow. It sports glossy leaves and produces many attractive flowers in late spring and early summer which are usually pink, red or white. It makes a great specimen shrub, but also makes a great hedge and is often used for hedging in coastal gardens where it is very suitable for growing. ‘Red Elf’ is a small, compact, evergreen shrub with small, glossy, ovulate leaves which are an attractive dark green in colour. In the summer months it bears clusters of small red tubular flowers.
Contributed by @Keely
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Escallonia 'Red Elf'
Latin name
Escallonia 'Red Elf'
type
Evergreen Shrub
family
Escalloniaceae
ph
6.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
2.00 M
1.00 M
Escallonia 'Red Elf'
Escallonia is an attractive evergreen shrub which is easy to grow. It sports glossy leaves and produces many attractive flowers in late spring and early summer which are usually pink, red or white. It makes a great specimen shrub, but also makes a great hedge and is often used for hedging in coastal gardens where it is very suitable for growing. ‘Red Elf’ is a small, compact, evergreen shrub with small, glossy, ovulate leaves which are an attractive dark green in colour. In the summer months it bears clusters of small red tubular flowers.
Flowering
From Early Summer TO Mid Autumn
Escallonia flowers appear in terminal clusters in Summer and early autumn
Planting
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Plant escallonia in a sunny, wind-sheltered position in well-draining soil.
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