Iveyi White Escallonia Hedge Plants

Escallonia Iveyi Hedging

Escallonia Iveyi is a vigorous evergreen shrub with glossy, fragrant leaves and plentiful white, bell-shaped flowers. It is a great hedging plant, but we really love it as a large ornamental bush, when its numerous clusters of little white flowers can really show off.

Good for hedges up to about 3 metres high.

Browse our coastal hedging or our full range of hedging plants.

Escallonia 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).

Features:

• Evergreen shrub
• White flowers June to October
• Glossy, dark green, fragrant leaves
• Well suited to hedging as well as an ornamental specimen.
• To 3m
• RHS Plants for Pollinators
• RHS Award of Garden Merit

Growing Escallonia Iveyi:

It needs plenty of sun and a well-drained site is essential. It will grow on most soils and thrives on clay in dry, raised areas that shed water.

It is great for 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.

Plant Escallonia hedging at 2 plants per metre, 50cm apart.

Did You Know?

It is spelt Escallonia Iveyii in some books. It is a hybrid of Escallonia bifida and Escallonia exoniensis that was found in Caerhays Castle, Cornwall and named after a gardener, David Ivey.

It has won an RHS Award of Garden Merit and an Award of Merit for its cut flowers.

Growing Escallonia Iveyi 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 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 Neudorff WeedFree Plus.
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.