Escallonia 'Donard Seedling'

RHS Plant Profile

escallonia 'Donard Seedling'

Shrubs

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A vigorous evergreen shrub about 2.5m in height and spread, with leathery, glossy dark green leaves and saucer-shaped blush-white flowers 1.2cm across, opening in early summer from pink buds

Position

Full sun, Partial shade

Soil Types

Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand

Max Height

1.5-2.5 metres

Max Spread

1.5-2.5 metres

Size

Time to Maturity: 5–10 years
Max Spread: 1.5-2.5 metres
Max Height: 1.5-2.5 metres

Growing Conditions

Chalk Clay Loam Sand

Moisture: Moist but well–drained or Well–drained
pH: Acid or Alkaline or Neutral

Position

Full sun Partial shade

Aspect: South–facing or East–facing or North–facing or West–facing
Exposure: Exposed or Sheltered
Hardiness

Hardiness Ratings

All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets

H1A: under glass all year (>15C)
H1B: can be grown outside in the summer (10 - 15)
H1C: can be grown outside in the summer (5 - 10)
H2: tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5)
H3: hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1)
H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5)
H5: hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
H7: hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20): H4

Colour & Scent

Season	Stem	Flower	Foliage	Fruit
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Botanical Details

Family: Escalloniaceae
Native to GB/Ireland: No
Foliage: Evergreen
Habit: Bushy
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
Name Status: Accepted

How to Grow

Cultivation

Grows best in well-drained soil in a position in full sun with shelter from cold drying winds; ideal for wall training

Propagation

Propagate by softwood cuttings in early summer, semi-hardwood cuttings in late summer and hardwood cuttings from late autumn to winter

Suggested planting locations and garden types

Cottage and informal garden
Coastal
Wildlife gardens
Hedging and screens
Climber and wall shrubs
Wall side borders
Flower borders and beds

Pruning

Pruning group 9

Pests

May be susceptible to brown scale

Diseases

May be susceptible to escallonia leaf spot and honey fungus