Escallonia Golden
In late summer an abundance of small red scented flowers contrast beautifully above the golden foliage.
Escallonia golden. It is a sport of escallonia red carpet the variety which was bred by plantsman peter moore. Disease free it s a low maintenance plant. Prefers full sun but will tolerate partial shade. Escallonia golden carpet is ideal for coastal locations as it is very salt tolerant and as it also tolerates pollution it can be used in city gardens.
Escallonia golden carpet is a new variety that was first shown at the hta national plant show 2013 by uk based seiont nurseries. 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 golden carpet is a dwarf spreading evergreen shrub to about 60cm tall with small yellow leaves in spring turning lime green in summer. Escallonia golden carpet escallonia golden carpet will reach a height of 0 5m and a spread of 0 5m after 10 20 years. Escallonia laevis gold ellen is an evergreen cultivar with variegated foliage ranging from golden yellow to green.
This evergreen shrub is ideal to provide year round interest either in a border or container on a patio or deck.