Escallonia x exoniensis ‘Fradesii’

Scientific name: Escallonia x exoniensis ‘Fradesii’

Common name:  pink princess escallonia

Family name: Escalloniaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 8

Mature height and spread: 3-5m wide and tall

Form: rounding, spreading

Water use: low

Soil requirements: well-drained

Leaf arrangement: simple. Alternate.

Fall colour: none.

Flower/cone/fruit description: Pink panicle flowers. Absent fruit.

Limitations: tender. Branches die back in minus 10.

Suitable uses: shrub border. Screening. Does well being pruned because flowers on tip. Arromatic.

Quick ID: evergreen. Shrub. Simple. Alternate. Pink panicle flowers on tips of branches. Glandular (little bit sticky on stem and leaves); teeth on tip.

https://plantdatabase.kwantlen.ca/plant/plantImages/232?image=h

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