Scientific Name: Escallonia x exoniensis
Common Name: escallonia, 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, Red, Dark-red, Jun-Jul-Aug
Fruit: Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Leaves alternate, obovate, most 5-7cm long 2.5-3.5cm wide, margin serrulate, glossy gark green above/paler beneath, glittering specks reflect sunlight on lower surface; flowers ~17mm long x 13 mm wide, 5 pink petals, in panicles in the fall.