I have an Escallonia hedge which I have given a really good clean out beneath and round the roots. It is looking very sad and sorry for itself after such a hot Summer. What should I do to help it along and hopefully re-vitalize it next year?
Apart from compost is there a suitable food on the market for hedges? Many thanks
I think my front hedging is escallonia - it has very small pink flowers and pink berries - but am holding back from pruning it now because it's absolutely covered in bees.
I walk past a red flowering kept hedge a few times a year. And every year late summer they strim it hard. By mid summer it's flowering and looks absolutely amazing. I think the reds are hardier.
I started off an apple blossom, and I just cut it back hard (March), because it was all legs and yellowing leaves. I hope it will bounce back.
I see another red variety close by the other hedge, and the height of it is something to behold, it's getting on two stories. Both specimens have led me to think this makes for a really good hedging plant. They are full of wildlife.
The darker ones are a bit tougher Wayside. The white is less so. Mine didn't survive it's first winter - too wet and cold, despite being in a raised bed with plenty of grit and compost added to the soil.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Escallonia will shed some leaves - all evergreens do, especially at the end of winter, so it's not usually anything to worry about.
It makes a good hedge if you're in a coastal location, or anywhere with a reasonable climate and temperatures, but isn't so good if soil's cold, wet and heavy. Are you concerned you've hacked your hedge back too far?
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Will escallonia come back if pruned down to just bare branches?? Our Red Escallonia plants are about 30 yrs old and haven't been pruned in years.
I think I'd strike some cuttings now, just in case it doesn't like it. That's an old shrub. Now is a good time for escallonia cuttings.
I have an Escallonia hedge which I have given a really good clean out beneath and round the roots. It is looking very sad and sorry for itself after such a hot Summer. What should I do to help it along and hopefully re-vitalize it next year?
Apart from compost is there a suitable food on the market for hedges? Many thanks
i have pruned my escalonia and wondered if it ok to shift into another part of my garden now or early spring....
I think my front hedging is escallonia - it has very small pink flowers and pink berries - but am holding back from pruning it now because it's absolutely covered in bees.
I walk past a red flowering kept hedge a few times a year. And every year late summer they strim it hard. By mid summer it's flowering and looks absolutely amazing. I think the reds are hardier.
I started off an apple blossom, and I just cut it back hard (March), because it was all legs and yellowing leaves. I hope it will bounce back.
I see another red variety close by the other hedge, and the height of it is something to behold, it's getting on two stories. Both specimens have led me to think this makes for a really good hedging plant. They are full of wildlife.
The darker ones are a bit tougher Wayside. The white is less so. Mine didn't survive it's first winter - too wet and cold, despite being in a raised bed with plenty of grit and compost added to the soil.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Perhaps I was too brutal and optimistic. We'll see. As long as there isn't an upcoming cold snap. It has a little shelter from nearby plants.
Any idea why the apple blossom would have yellowing leaves?
Escallonia will shed some leaves - all evergreens do, especially at the end of winter, so it's not usually anything to worry about.
It makes a good hedge if you're in a coastal location, or anywhere with a reasonable climate and temperatures, but isn't so good if soil's cold, wet and heavy. Are you concerned you've hacked your hedge back too far?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...