Botanical Name: Escallonia ‘Pink Princess’
Common Names: Pink Princess Escallonia, Pink Escallonia, Escallonia

📌 Product Description

Escallonia ‘Pink Princess’ is a neat evergreen flowering shrub admired for its masses of soft pink to rosy-pink blooms and glossy green foliage. Its compact, tidy growth habit and long flowering season make it an excellent choice for adding colour, structure, and charm to the garden.

This attractive shrub is ideal for mixed borders, low hedges, cottage gardens, and feature planting. Its clusters of small trumpet-shaped flowers attract pollinators, while the dense evergreen foliage provides year-round structure. In South African gardens, it performs especially well in sunny to lightly shaded positions with good drainage.

Decorative, hardy, and easy to maintain, Escallonia ‘Pink Princess’ is an excellent choice for gardeners wanting a reliable flowering shrub with a soft romantic look.

📏 Size When Fully Grown

Height: 1–1.5 m
Spread: 1–1.5 m
Growth Habit: Dense, rounded, evergreen shrub
Growth Rate: Moderate

🌱 Best Growing Conditions

Light: Full sun to partial shade
Soil: Well-draining, moderately fertile soil
Water:
• Water regularly during establishment
• Moderately drought tolerant once established
• Benefits from occasional deep watering during long dry periods
• Avoid poorly drained or waterlogged soil

Feeding: Apply compost in spring and use a balanced slow-release fertiliser if needed to encourage healthy growth and flowering.

Maintenance:
• Lightly prune after flowering to maintain shape
• Can be clipped into a neat hedge
• Remove dead or untidy growth as needed
• Very low maintenance once established

🌦️ Planting & Growing Season (South Africa)

Best Planting Time: Spring or autumn
Active Growth: Spring and summer
Flowering Time: Spring to summer, often extending longer in mild regions
Climate Suitability: Suitable for most temperate and coastal South African regions
Frost Tolerance: Tolerates light frost once established
Wind Tolerance: Good, including coastal conditions

🌼 Additional Benefits

• Soft pink flowers
• Glossy evergreen foliage
• Attracts pollinators
• Excellent for hedging and borders
• Low maintenance and hardy

🌿 Ideal Uses

✔ Mixed shrub borders
✔ Low hedges
✔ Cottage gardens
✔ Feature flowering shrub
✔ Coastal gardens