Escallonia 'Iveyi'

Escallonia 'Iveyi'
Genus Escallonia
Cultivar 'Iveyi'
Origin Caerhays Castle, Cornwall

Escallonia 'Iveyi' is a hybrid cultivar planted as a garden ornamental. The cultivar originated as a natural hybrid seedling discovered in the garden of Caerhays Castle in Cornwall.[1] The cultivar was named for the Caerhays estate's gardener, David Ivey, by Edgar Thurston in his book British & foreign trees and shrubs in Cornwall.[2] Thurston believed it to be a hybrid of E. montevidensis and E. × exonensis (E. rosea × E. rubra).,[2] whereas others later adjudged the female parent to be E. bifida. The shrub was accorded the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Merit in 1926,[3] and the Award of Garden Merit in 1993.[4]

Description

'Iveyi' is a shrub growing to between 1.5 and 2.5 m high, with a similar spread, bearing glossy dark green foliage. Panicles of white flowers appear in the summer.[4]

Cultivation

The cultivar prefers a moist well-drained soil and a sunny or partly shaded situation.[4] Propagation is from semi-mature cuttings of the current season's growth.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1943). Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society. The Society.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Edgar Thurston (1930). British & foreign trees and shrubs in Cornwall. Pub. for the Royal Institution of Cornwall by the Cambridge University Press.
  3. ↑ Hillier & Sons. (1977). Hilliers' Manual of Trees and Shrubs, 4th Edition. David & Charles, Newton Abbot, England. ISBN 0-7153-7460-5
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Escallonia 'Iveyi' AGM". Plant Selector. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 25 March 2014.