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Escallonia 'Compacta Coccinea'
  • RHS Plants for pollinators

A small to mid-sized evergreen shrub, with a dense habit and glossy green leaves with serrated edges. Produces clusters of tubular, rosy red flowers in late spring and summer

Size
Ultimate height
1–1.5 metres
Time to ultimate height
5–10 years
Ultimate spread
0.5–1 metres
Growing conditions
Chalk
Loam
Sand
Moisture
Moist but well–drained, Well–drained
pH
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Colour & scent
StemFlowerFoliageFruit
Spring Pink Red Green
Summer Pink Red Green
Autumn Green
Winter Green
Position
  • Full sun
Aspect

South–facing or West–facing

Exposure
Exposed or Sheltered
Hardiness
H4
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

Unresolved

How to grow

Cultivation

Grow in a sunny spot in fertile, well drained soil. Will not tolerate waterlogging or excess winter wet

Propagation

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

Suggested planting locations and garden types
  • City and courtyard gardens
  • Coastal
  • Cottage and informal garden
  • Wildlife gardens
  • Flower borders and beds
  • Hedging and screens
  • Wall side borders
Pruning

Pruning group 9, after flowering

Pests

May be susceptible to brown scale insect

Diseases

May be susceptible to escallonia leaf spot and honey fungus

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