Escallonia 'Apple Blossom'
escallonia
- 2 litre pot
- £18.19 £25.99
- In stock (shipped within 6-8 working days)
- 3 × 2 litre pots
- £40.59 £57.99
- In stock (shipped within 6-8 working days)
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- Position: Full sun
- Soil: Moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: Average
- Flowering period: June to September
- Hardiness: Frost hardy (may need winter protection)
Masses of apple-blossom pink, tubular flowers from June to September among small, glossy, dark green leaves. This compact, bushy, (mainly) evergreen shrub, looks lovely towards the back of a sunny shrub border as a foil for flowering perennials, or for growing as an informal flowering hedge. It is particularly good as a windbreak in coastal areas.
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Deadhead regularly to prolong flowering. In mid or late spring lightly cut back any shoots that spoil the symmetry of the plant. After pruning apply a generous 5-7 cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted garden compost or manure around the base of the plant.