Escallonia Red Hedging

Red Escallonia hedges (Escallonia rubra macrantha) have glossy deep green leaves covering the branches with tubular crimson red flowers in summer until autumn. Hopes Grove Nurseries offer potted Escallonia Crimson Spire to decorate your garden. Browse below or get in touch to discuss your gardening needs with our plant-loving team.

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Potted Hedging

We deliver these plants to you in the pots they are grown in, because there is no root disturbance they can delivered and planted all year round with excellent results.

Escallonia Red Potted Hedging 12/16in 30/40cm

  • in 2 litre pots

  • Plant(s) per metre: 3-4
  • Minimum order quantity: 1

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£9.59 £9.35 £8.87 £8.39

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Escallonia Red Potted Hedging 16/24in 40/60cm

  • in 2 litre pots

  • Plant(s) per metre: 3-4
  • Minimum order quantity: 1

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£10.79 £10.55 £10.07 £9.59

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Escallonia Red Potted Hedging 2-3ft 60/90cm

  • in 5 litre pots

  • Plant(s) per metre: 2-3
  • Minimum order quantity: 1

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£20.39 £20.15 £19.67 £19.19

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The Escallonia Red (Escallonia Crimson Spire) is a beautiful, large, evergreen hedge with glossy green leaves that are a deep green, creating the perfect backdrop for the crimson red flowers they produce. These flowers make an appearance from June until the autumn.

It’s versatility, bright, glossy leaves and upward growing habits make Escallonia Crimson Spire the perfect screening hedge for those looking to add some privacy to their gardens. Red Escallonia hedges can be mixed with Pink Escallonia and White Escallonia for a beautiful, eye-catching mixed hedge for you and your guests to enjoy.

It is extremely hardy in a variety of soil types and weather conditions, making it an ideal solution for those looking for a long-lasting durable plant that will stand the test of time. Combined with the bright flowers creating year-round interest, Escallonia Red hedges are an excellent choice for most outdoor spaces.
How to Care for Escallonia Rubra Macrantha Hedging
This Escallonia Red Hedge prefers well-drained soil that is moist,  growing particularly well in soil that is either sand, clay, chalk or loam. Escallonia Crimson Spire is also well suited to coastal areas and can be planted in either full sunlight or partial shade for maximum growing potential. Its ideal planting conditions are when Red Escallonia resides in well-drained soil that has full sunlight but is sheltered from drying winds that are cold.

The Escallonia Red (Escallonia rubra macrantha) can grow up to heights of four metres, and anywhere between two and a half metres to four metres wide, making an excellent privacy hedge and helps to substantially reduce noise pollution. As an evergreen hedge, you’ll have a dense hedge all-year-round.

However, Red Escallonia is a relatively slow grower, taking anywhere between ten and twenty years to reach its optimal height and width, so you have to be prepared to have patience and give the plant the love and care it needs to grow successfully.

When it comes to pruning Red Escallonia, we’d recommend doing so during the latter half of spring as it would have finished flowering. April and May are the preferable months because its re-growth can establish before the harsh autumn and winter months. We have a range of Escallonia Red plants available in pot form that will be ideal additions to your garden.
Why Choose Hopes Grove Nurseries?
At Hopes Grove Nurseries, we’re passionate about everything hedge-related, having lovingly grown hedging plants all year round in our family-run nursery based in Kent. For the past 30+ years, we’ve learned all there is to know about Red Escallonia hedges, and all other hedging types we grow.

With over half a million hedges to choose from, it’s safe to say you’re spoilt for choice! But don’t worry- if you’re unsure the type of hedging you require, simply browse our choosing the right hedge guide, or ask one of our experts and we’ll be happy to offer you guidance.

We deliver nationwide, so you can rest assured each high-quality, fresh hedge plant will make it’s way to you quickly and in the best possible condition. We only select the highest quality plants for shipping, which is why our customers return to us for their planting needs each year. View our Feefo reviews to find out more.

If you’re struggling to plant successfully, or looking for some general advice, our plant-loving specialists can help. You can view our knowledge hub for common FAQs, or simply contact us if you have a more individual query.

Are you interested in our Red Escallonia hedges (Escallonia rubra macrantha)? Buy online today, or if you’d rather talk to one of us directly, give us a call or get in touch to speak to a friendly staff member.

Delivery leadtimes update- March/April 2024

We are working at maximum capacity to fulfil all orders as quickly as possible but owing to unprecedented demand some orders will take longer:

– Orders containing only bare root plants – delivery is currently within 5-7 days

– All other orders – delivery is currently within 2-3 weeks

Delivery is free for most orders above our free delivery thresholds, these are displayed above our prices in the product listings and summarized below. If you don’t need that many plants it’s not a problem, you can choose to pay our delivery charge and only order what you need.

Delivery is convenient – no signature is required so you don’t need to wait in, we will leave your parcel in the safe place that you nominate.

Delivery is fast – because we pick orders daily from our own growing beds your plants only travel the small hop to our packing shed before being sent to you, they are usually delivered within 3-7 days.

Delivery is reliable
– we have been selling and delivering Hedging Plants to our customers nationwide since 1992. We have a lot of experience in packing them safely and only use tried and tested delivery partners.

Smaller Plants (Parcel Delivery)

LocationOrder ValuePrice
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsUp to £90£15.00
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsOver £90Free
Scottish Highlands and Isle of WightAll orders£24.00

Heavy Plants (Pallet Delivery)

LocationOrder ValuePrice
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsUp to £420£72.00
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsOver £420Free
Scottish Highlands and Isle of WightAll orders£72.00

Tall Plants 2.5m+ (Specialist Delivery)

LocationOrder ValuePrice
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsUnder £1800Please call us
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsOver £1800Free
Scottish Highlands and Isle of WightAll ordersNot available

Exceptions to our delivery charges are Scottish Highland and Isle of Wight delivery areas where we need to charge a little extra to cover the cost of deliveries to these outlying areas. We don’t currently delivery to other offshore addresses including Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.

Tall plants over 2.5 metres have to be delivered by our own specialised transport, our delivery area is limited to mainland England and Wales only.

Please note there is a minimum order value of £50 for orders containing smaller plants and £250 for orders containing heavier plants

Complete delivery information can be viewed on our Delivery Information page

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