Description
Escallonias are a group of mainly evergreen shrubs but with some semi-evergreen or deciduous. Escallonias are grown for their shiny leaves and for their profuse, tubular, chalice-shaped or saucer-shaped five petalled flowers. They flower freely over a long period, mainly in the summer. They can be grown in shrubberies, against a warm wall or as a hedge and they thrive near coasts. They flourish in mild areas, but, although frost hardy, are best protected from strong or cold winds. Plant in full sun in a fertile, well-drained Red Dream is an evergreen shrub with a bushy, compact habit and small, rich green toothed foliage. It is an easy to grow shrub, which can be trained as a hedge or trimmed for ground cover. Deep rosy red flowers are freely produced from June until autumn and these provide good food for bees and other pollinating insects..
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