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Escallonia 'lveyi'
White Escallonia
Notes

Uses: For open locations, parks and reserves. Plant en-mass as a barrier, wind-break, formal or informal hedge.
Tolerates moderate coastal locations.
Requires well-drained soils. Bee and butterfly attracting.
Hybrid: E. bifida and E. x exoniensis
Note: This species is provisionally classified schedule 1, Regulation 24.2 under the Sewerage Act. Written approval is required prior to planting in streets or roads. It should not be planted closer than two metres to any sewer main or connection.

  • Height 2-2.5m
  • Spread 2-2.5m
  • Position
    • position-partshade Part Shade
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Escalloniaceae
  • Botanical Name Escallonia 'lveyi'
  • Common Name White Escallonia
  • Origin South America
  • Habit Upright, Dense
  • Landscape Coast, Coastal footslopes, 2nd line coast, Plains
  • Soil Texture Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Salt spray, Wind
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour White
  • Flowering Time Spring, Autumn
  • Flower Type Tubular
  • Purpose Habitat, Ornamental
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Medium Shrub (Usually between 1.2m & 3.6m)