| Scientific Name: | Escallonia x exoniensis 'Frades' |
| Common Name: | pink princess escallonia |
| Family Name: | Escalloniaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, South America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 3 - 5m x 3 - 4m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract butterflies, Espalier, Filler, Mixed shrub border, Screening, Summer interest, Wind break, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Glabrous, Lustrous, Obovate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Panicle, Pink, Jun-Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, glossy above/paler beneath, obovate, serrulate, glittering specks reflect sunlight on lower surface; flowers pink in panicles in the fall. | |