Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Escallonia Mutis ex L.f. [563]

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Escalloniaceae

family_ja: エスカロニア

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description_en: Genus of about 50-60 species of mostly evergreen shrubs or, more rarely, small trees, found in woodland and scrub, and often on mountains, in South America. They are grown for their usually alternate, occasionally whorled, bold, often narrowly to broadly oval, glossy leaves, and for their mainly terminal racemes or panicles of tubular, salver-form, chalice-shaped, or saucer-shaped, 5-petalled, white to pink or red flowers, with spreading or erect lobes. They flower freely over a long period, mainly in summer. Grow in a shrub border, against a wall, or as a hedge, screen, or windbreak - particularly near coasts.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy to half hardy; many half-hardy and frost-hardy species and cultivars may survive temperatures below -5°C (23°F) if planted against a sunny wall.

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propagation_en: Take softwood cuttings in early summer, semi-ripe cuttings in late summer, and hardwood cuttings from late autumn to winter.

pests_en: Trouble free.

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comment: S.America esp. Andes

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-07-05 11:41

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