Escallonia Crimson Spire Hedging

Escallonia rubra Crimson Spire is a vigorous evergreen shrub with fragrant leaves and little red flowers. It is a great hedging plant, especially on coastal sites. It needs plenty of sun and a well-drained site is essential. Crimson Spire is good for hedges up to about 4 metres high.
Browse all of our other varieties of Escallonia plants for sale, view our selection of shrub hedging or see our full range of hedging plants.

Escallonia Crimson Spire hedge plants are only delivered pot-grown, year round. We may delay delivery in mid-winter if the weather is too cold.
All our hedge plants are measured by their height in centimetres above the ground (the roots & pots aren't measured).

Spacing an Escallonia Crimson Spire hedge:

Plant Escallonia Crimson Spire hedging at 2 plants per metre, 50cms apart.

General description of Escallonia Crimson Spire plants:

Along with Escallonia rubra macrantha, this is one of the fastest growing Escallonias that we sell, which makes it very well suited for use as hedging. Like all escallonia, Crimson Spire is excellent by the sea and withstands strong, salty winds.
The red flowers are carried through the summer until the first frosts.

History & uses:
Escallonia rubra Crimson Spire is a cultivar of a Chilean plant that was introduced to Britain in the 1820's. It has won an RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Growing Escallonia Crimson Spire plants:
Escallonia needs good soil drainage and a decent amount of sun: it is not suitable for shady sites or places that are prone to waterlogging. It will grow on any soil type and thrives on clay in dry, raised areas. It is an excellent plant for growing on the coast, but you should improve the soil if your site is very sandy.
Escallonia is quite hardy, but it is not suitable for inland frost pockets. If you live in the North or Scotland, it is best to plant it in a South facing, sheltered location.

Prepare your site before planting:
It is good to dig over the area where you plant a hedge several months in advance, especially if the soil is poor. Destroy the weeds first: nettles, brambles and ground elder are tough and a glyphosate based weed-killer is the best way to remove them. Then dig the soil over; remove rocks, roots and other rubbish. Mix in well rotted compost or manure down to the depth of about 2 spades. If your soil is rich, you don't have to dig it over, but killing all the weeds is still necessary.

Watch our video on how to plant a garden hedge for full details.
Remember to water establishing plants during dry weather for at least a year after planting.

Hedge Planting Accessories:
Prepare your site for planting by killing the weeds and grass with Roundup weed killer.
You can buy a hedge planting pack with sheets of mulch fabric and pegs to hold it down.
If your soil quality is poor, we recommend using mycorrhizal "friendly fungi" on the roots of new trees and shrubs.
You can also improve your soil with bonemeal organic fertiliser and Growmore.

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Delivery: Our standard delivery charges are:

Small box (Orders containing only seedlings or rooted cuttings) £7.20 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £60 inc VAT)
Standard box (Bareroots up to 1.2m) £11.40 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £60 inc VAT)
Large box (Pots up to and incl. 7.5L) £15.00 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £100 inc VAT)
Trees & Hedging (Bareroots & trees 1.2m+) £18.00 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £120 inc VAT)
Pallets (Root balls, large pots, trees etc) £60.00 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £240 inc VAT)

*Surcharges to the Highlands and Islands still apply.

Because couriers sometimes experience delays, we schedule delivery by week, not by day. Therefore, please plan your planting day for the weekend at the end of the delivery week or for the week following delivery, at the earliest.
We will email you the day before your plants are due to arrive.

Payment: We do not charge your card until we begin to prepare your order for packing.

Guarantee: If any plants die within a year, we will replace them. We only ask that you follow our planting & growing instructions and sent us clear photographs of the dead plants in situ, so we can help to make sure that the replacement plants succeed. You only pay for the delivery of the replacements.

Please note that our guarantee is void if there is a hosepipe ban in your area: your newly planted hedging must be watered in dry weather while it is establishing. The best way to water is very thoroughly every few days: at least once a week in summer if there is no heavy rain.

Our nursery has been supplying container grown and bareroot hedging plants to gardeners, farmers and town planners since 1949. Our website started in 2003, so we do understand the concerns that you may have about buying hedging plants online. If any of your plants are damaged when they arrive or if you are otherwise not satisfied with your order after you inspect it, please repackage it and contact us. We will give you a refund or send replacements and send a courier to come and collect the unwanted plants.

Misc	RHS AGM, Shrub
Area	Coastal Areas, Exposed Windy Areas
Soil	Alkaline/Chalky, Poor/Dry
Colour	Red/Crimson
Type	Evergreen, Hedging, Screening
Also Good	Fragrant, Repeat Flowering

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Crimson Spire Escallonia Hedge Plants

Escallonia rubra 'Crimson Spire'

Escallonia Crimson Spire Hedging

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General description of Escallonia Crimson Spire plants:

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Crimson Spire Escallonia Hedge Plants

Escallonia rubra 'Crimson Spire'

Escallonia Crimson Spire Hedging

Spacing an Escallonia Crimson Spire hedge:

General description of Escallonia Crimson Spire plants:

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Late Summer Colour with Anemones

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Bareroot planting is best done between October and April
Bareroot and potted - what's the difference?