Escallonia Show Stopper
Escallonia Show Stopper
Escallonia Show Stopper
Escallonia Show Stopper
Escallonia Show Stopper
Redclaws
Unfortunately, it didn't survive the winter, even though it wasn't very cold...
Pecario, 31/03/2024
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Description
The 'Show Stopper' hybrid Escallonia, with its modest growth, large semi-spreading branches, and fine light green foliage, naturally forms a superb decorative dome of vegetation even in winter. The bush also offers extended and abundant summer flowering in bright pink and white, which is highly visited by bees. It forms a charming ground cover and can also be planted in a border or a large bed, and it creates a sensation in a container on the terrace. It is an excellent plant for mild climates and well adapted to coastal areas. If your climate allows it, plant Escallonia, these rewarding bushes grow quickly, are floriferous, often fragrant, and really undemanding!
Escallonia 'Show Stopper' ('Pmoore20') is a recent horticultural creation by British breeder Peter Moore. It is characterized by a low, divergent, semi-spreading, and very dense habit, as well as abundant and well-coloured flowers. Escallonias are excellent garden plants in mild climates and belong to the Escalloniaceae family. These bushes are native to the temperate regions of South America and Chile. In the wild, they grow among the shrubs that cover hillsides or on coasts exposed to sea spray.
Show Stopper forms a rounded, branched, bushy dome, slightly wider than tall. It has a moderately fast to fairly slow growth rate and will reach about 1.10m (3 ft 7 in)-1.20m (3 ft 11 in) in height and 1.50m (4 ft 11 in) in spread at maturity. The long, almost horizontal branches bear small, leathery, ovate leaves with dentate margins, in a bright, vivid, and glossy light green. They are densely arranged, mostly towards the end of the branches. Flowering occurs from June to August, for about two months, earlier or later depending on the climate, sometimes as early as May in warm climates. A second bloom can occur in September-October. Beautiful clusters composed of numerous small flowers with five petals, shaped like tubular bells, in bright pink with a rosy-white throat, enclosed at the base in a purple calyx, are born at the tips of the branches.
Escallonias are a great alternative to Weigelas in mild climates and coastal areas, as well as in dry gardens. 'Show Stopper' forms a beautiful ground cover at the front of shrub borders or hedges. Its small stature is well suited for small gardens, but it can also be grown in containers for terrace and balcony ornamentation. Well-known to Breton, Irish, and English gardeners, Escallonia is also happy in Mediterranean climates, after careful planting and regular watering during the first two or three years. It is not averse to heat, dry summers once established, or slightly chalky soils, and manages to bloom even in scorching or shady situations. It is essential in coastal gardens: its flowering, just like that of Olearias, brightens up the grey foliage of Atriplex, and harmonizes with the flowering of Correa alba rosea. It can be associated with ceanothuses (persistent and compact varieties), brooms (Cytisus scoparius), Loropetalum chinense, and more.
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Botanical data
Escallonia
Show Stopper
Escalloniaceae
Redclaws
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
Escallonia Show Stopper is best planted in spring, or early autumn in mild climates. It requires a well-drained, light, slightly acidic, neutral, or even limestone-free soil, in a sheltered and warm position. It blooms more abundantly in the sun, but tolerates shaded exposures well. Once well established in deep soil, it requires no watering in summer, even in dry climates. It can withstand sea spray, but not cold winter winds. You can apply rose fertilizer in spring if your soil is very poor. Prune to balance the shape in February and September. It dislikes heavy soils and stagnant moisture, especially in winter. If the soil is very heavy and chalky, it may suffer from chlorosis; if this is the case, apply a dose of iron chelate each year in spring. Prune the height to a third in the first few years during establishment so that the bush acquires a dense and compact habit. You can also prune it into a ball shape. In regions close to the hardiness zone limit, plant it in a location protected from prevailing winds, south-facing against a wall or west-facing in the back of a bed or in a hedge, and mulch the base in winter. If your Escallonia has frozen in winter, it is likely to regrow from the base in spring. Elsewhere, you can cultivate it in a container to store in a bright room during winter, protected from severe frosts, remembering to water it from time to time.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
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In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a (East Coast and Midlands: Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Portlaoise). It will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the north-west (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal, Westport), delay planting by 1 to 2 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 1 to 2 weeks in autumn compared to the dates given, preferably choosing periods without strong winds.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (Wicklow Mountains, Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Connemara, Killarney), it is best to plant in spring (April–May) or autumn (September–October), avoiding periods of waterlogged soil in winter and strong winds, which pose the main risk to newly planted trees in these areas.
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a, such as the East Coast and Midlands, including Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Portlaoise.
This will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the northwest (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal and Westport), it will be delayed by one to two weeks compared to the given dates, due to stronger Atlantic winds and less spring sunshine.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (the Wicklow Mountains, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Connemara and Killarney), flowering will be delayed by two to three weeks. Flowering mainly occurs between May and July, with the limiting factors being less frost and more of the excessive humidity, strong winds and lack of sunshine that are characteristic of these areas.