Escallonia Red Elf Hedge

In the summer months it bears clusters of small red tubular flowers which add colour and interest to any garden throughout the summertime.

Escallonia red elf hedge. 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 details red elf is a medium sized spreading evergreen shrub with small glossy oval leaves and tubular red flowers in small clusters in early to mid summer. Other escallonias can grow as large as 25 feet high when unpruned but. Escallonia shrubs grow relatively fast and have both attractive foliage and lovely flowers. Plants can grow to 15 feet 4 5 m in either direction depending on the cultivar. Escallonia red elf is a small compact evergreen shrub with small glossy ovulate leaves which are an attractive dark green in colour. The dwarf red elf cultivar for example takes 10 to 20 years to grow to its full size of 9 feet high by 9 feet wide. Escallonia rubra macrantha hedge plants or red flowering escallonia as they are otherwise known possess large amounts of bright dark pink or red bell shaped flowers with dark green glossy evergreen foliage ensuring year round interest.