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Escallonia variety - elusive name

sharman.houghtonsharman.houghton Posts: 8
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Afternoon Covid Captives or Pirates whichever you feel suits you,

I am searching for the title of an Escallonia in my garden which has green foliage and very tight yellowy/green panicles. I have done the usual Google thing which ignores my detailed search criteria, and pulls up the lot, irrespective of colour.  I have tried the RHS site. It doesn't let me select green as a filter for Escallonia. 

I normally catalogue what I have in my garden but seemingly this got missed. I am a long way from home at the moment where my big book of plants resides. Any ideas would be great. It genuinely does exist I haven't mis-remembered it or mistook it for another plant because the leaves are a typical Escallonia structure. Though I did at one stage think is it a Viburnum...

I don't believe the bossy Broom behind it forced it to go rogue when I wasn't looking.

Any suggestions.
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  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Sorry but I cannot think of any Escallonia that has yellowy/green panicles.
    Is it deciduous or evergreen?
    What month does it flower?
    Escallonia iveyi is nearest but flowers are pure white...which doesn't match your description.
    I hesitate to say it is something other than Escallonia..but feel it must be.
    Maybe something like Ribes laurifolium..which has panicles of greenish flowers.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • sharman.houghtonsharman.houghton Posts: 8
    Thanks to you both. Silver Surfer I have Escallona Iveyi in the bed next door to it so I know it isn't that. And yes you are right Philippa Smith not a chance of a photo at the moment. Definitely isn't Eleucantha. Will just have to wait until I can get back. 
  • sharman.houghtonsharman.houghton Posts: 8
    Had me going then....sounded feasible....Would love to say yes....but no. There is no white on it whatsoever. The flowers themselves are green.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Like the others who've answered, I've never come across an Escallonia that isn't in the white/pink/red range of flowers, and was wondering if it could be something else.
    Admittedly none of those have leaves exactly like an Escallonia (and you'd probably have noticed if there were thorns) but without a pic we can only really guess,
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • sharman.houghtonsharman.houghton Posts: 8
    JennyJ, thank you for all your efforts but no. Not as unfriendly or large as mahonia. Not as spiky as berberis either. Daphne not in the running. 

    When I do get back and take pictures and post I feel like I am going to be in the stocks with you all throwing egg on my face...


  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Surely not! Maybe we'll all learn a new plant  :)
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • sharman.houghtonsharman.houghton Posts: 8
    My husband is the cutting/nurturing genius so let's see what happens when all is revealed. I understand that the head gardener at Caerhay's Castle happened upon the Escallonia Iveyi as a "spontaneous" hybrid. Quite what its parentage was became an issue of debate, for amongst others, a botanist called Edgar Thurston. Of course some of that information is Wikipaedia. Maybe there are more learned tomes to verify such "plant biographies". 

  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    Based on your descriptions, could it be Skimmia x Confusa 'Kew Green'?
  • RubytooRubytoo Posts: 1,630
    edited January 2021
    I wondered if it might be Enkianthus.
    I know what Escallonias look like, but not Enkianthus by comparison if you see what I mean.
    Just throwing it into the grog barrel of panicles.

    I fancied the look of Enkianthus online ages ago, but never got around to looking into them properly.

    And don't worry many of us have that carefully kept diary or label system, that breaks down or malfunctions occasionally. Or brain fade :D

    Edited to add Euonymous , as sometimes our brains play tricks with letters like the first one. E.
  • sharman.houghtonsharman.houghton Posts: 8
    Neither of those but I could see why you might suggest them. The "Confusa" cracked me up...
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