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Escallonia Compact: Neat Mound with Reddish‑Pink Flowers for Edging & Containers

Escallonia Compact (Escallonia 'Compacta')

The neat, dense mound of small shiny green leaves and rich reddish‑pink flowers makes a fine mass planting, edging, low border hedge, or container subject. Evergreen.

Growing Conditions

Full Sun, Partial Sun
Moderate Water
Height: 2 feet or less
Spread: 4–7 feet

Tree: Tuscan Sun Rose: Bronzed Buds Opening to Coppery Apricot Blooms; Abelia 'Kaleidoscope': Golden Variegated Foliage, Red Stems, Compact Evergreen; Azalea 'Brilliant': Watermelon Red Blooms, Reliable Evergreen for South; Azalea 'Klondyke': Golden-Yellow Blooms, Deciduous, Hardy; Boxwood 'Faulkner': Compact Evergreen with Bronze‑Tinged Winter Foliage; Cotoneaster 'Cranberry': Herringbone Branches with Large Red Berries for Winter; Eichholz Cotoneaster: Low Groundcover with Gold‑Orange Fall Color & Red Fruit; Dwarf Fothergilla: Three-Season Interest with Fragrant Spring Blooms; Holly 'Compact Oregon Grape': Evergreen Shrub with Bronzy New Growth; Strawberry Bush Compact: Dense Evergreen with White Flowers and Red Fruit

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Plants

Sunflower 'Choco Sun': Compact Chocolate-Centered Blooms for Pots

Painted Echeveria – Colorful Rosette Succulent

Compact Bronze Hinoki Cypress – Mounded Yellow-Bronze Foliage

Spruce 'Black Hills': Symmetrical Cone with Blue-Green Needles

Viburnum 'Doublefile': Tiered Branches with Lacecap Flowers and Red Fruit

Viburnum 'Mohican': Brilliant Orange-Red Fruit and Dense Hedge Form

Xylosma Shiny: Versatile Evergreen for Hedges and Screens