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Escallonia
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Escallonia 

a genus of plants of the family Saxifragaceae. The plants are small evergreen trees or shrubs. The alternate leaves have serrate edges with glandular pubescence. The aromatic white, pink, or red flowers are in panicled or racemose inflorescences. The fruit is a two-or three-celled capsule. There are about 60 species distributed in South America, primarily in the Andes. Several species, including E. macrantha, are ornamentals.
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HAVING come from a seaside town, I have been used to seeing escallonias growing in parks and gardens since I was a child.
Do it this week . . . Notebook Best of the Bunch Escallonia by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
This applies to most hedging plants - privets, escallonias, hawthornsetc - but not Leylandii or other cypresses.
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This applies to privets, escallonias and hawthorns but not Leyland or other cypress hedges.
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