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Escallonia Qs
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I have a row of plants between ours an neighbours front drives. These are Escallonia alternating with viburnum (Eve Price IIRC). Not sure on the variety of the Escallonia, but we have three the same and one different. The three have lighter pink flowers, more compact growth and are generally "daintier". The one nearest the garage has darker pink flowers and a more open stalky growth habit. Not sure if this is enough info to identify, but I was wondering whether it would be possible to train/prune/direct the variety near the garage over an arch - comments anyone? TIA Phil |
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"TheScullster" wrote in message ... Hi all I have a row of plants between ours an neighbours front drives. These are Escallonia alternating with viburnum (Eve Price IIRC). Not sure on the variety of the Escallonia, but we have three the same and one different. The three have lighter pink flowers, more compact growth and are generally "daintier". The one nearest the garage has darker pink flowers and a more open stalky growth habit. Not sure if this is enough info to identify, but I was wondering whether it would be possible to train/prune/direct the variety near the garage over an arch - comments anyone? TIA Phil I don't know which one you have, but if it's putting on lengthy growth, I don't see why you shouldn't try. If you want to test the theory, just put a stake where the first post of the arch would be and tie in all growth that is growing in the right direction; cut anything else back. That way, you will see how the plant behaves and how work intensive it is. If you like what you see, replace the stake with an arch. If you don't like it, you can easily cut out the trained growth and revert to its old hedging shrub format. That way, you've got nothing to lose. Spider |
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Escallonia Qs
On Jun 18, 4:34*pm, "TheScullster" wrote:
Hi all I have a row of plants between ours an neighbours front drives. These are Escallonia alternating with viburnum (Eve Price IIRC). Not sure on the variety of the Escallonia, but we have three the same and one different. The three have lighter pink flowers, more compact growth and are generally "daintier". At a guess, these ones could be "Apple Blossom" |
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