Botanical Name: Escallonia exoniensis 'Frades'
Common Name: Fradesi escallonia
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright to spreading, forming a somewhat loose, rounded canopy if unpruned – more compact than the species
Height 4-6'
Spread equal
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun to partial shade
Soil tolerates most but highly alkaline, prefers well-drained
Hardiness hardy (zones 4-9, 14-17, 20-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, alternate, oval-elliptic, serrate, 3/4" - 1 1/2" long, glossy green, with resinous dots on underside
Flowers pink, funnel shaped, 1/2" long, mostly terminal racemes; spring/summer - intermittent
Fruit small capsule
 
Propagation:
semihardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
good filler for flower display – mass groupings, informal hedges, espalier, good in a wide variety of landscapes
 
Landscape Care:
Watering regular waering preferred; somewhat drought tolerant when established
Fertilizing balanced, twice annually, add iron for chlorosis
Pruning selectively head back; less attractive if sheared
Pests/Diseases scale, spider mite, iron chlorosis in heavy soils
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Chile
Family: Saxifragaceae

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