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Posted by flowerstreet z8 OR (My Page) on Sun, Dec 13, 09 at 14:16
| I am thinking of using this as a hedge here in portland oregon garden, does anyone have experience growing it here in zone 8? I want an evergreen hedge and wondering how much die back to expect. thanks! |
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RE: escallonia pink princess winter die back?
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- Posted by bboy USDA 8 Sunset 5 WA (My Page) on
Sun, Dec 13, 09 at 15:09
| Will freeze down periodically. If you don't want your hedge to start over from the roots at unpredictable intervals, choose something hardier. |
RE: escallonia pink princess winter die back?
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| I agree with bboy. Mine died back to the ground last year with all of our snow. I cut it all off, it is now 2 ft tall. I lost another one a few years ago over a harsh winter. |
RE: escallonia pink princess winter die back?
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| I believe a lot depends on siting and soil conditions. I've seen 20+ year old plants come through recent winters unscathed while others have been killed back to the roots. In a protected location out of the wind, with a maritime aspect and with sharp drainage, you may have very good luck with it. |
RE: escallonia pink princess winter die back?
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- Posted by bboy USDA 8 Sunset 5 WA (My Page) on
Sun, Dec 13, 09 at 21:13
| The only familiar, repeatedly sold and planted one I've seen keep all of the top through colder local winters is 'Donard Seedling'. It defoliates, but does not die down. A different type than 'Frades', arching and not dense, with smaller leaves. Much more graceful, but not lush-looking. Always called 'Apple Blossom' by nurseries, but that is a different one, that looks much more like 'Frades'. I've only seen it in person at the Seattle arboretum, and the planting of it there seems to have frozen out. The Phillips/Rix Shrubs picture book has flowering sprigs of 'Donard Seedling' and 'Apple Blossom' shown side-by-side, perhaps because there seems to be at least a little confusion between the two in Britain also (where the book was written). |
RE: escallonia pink princess winter die back?
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RE: escallonia pink princess winter die back?
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| I planted three dwarf escallonias a decade ago, can't remember the name but they were pink. We had a bad winter and they died and did not return from the roots. I'm in SE Portland. |
RE: escallonia pink princess winter die back?
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I'm located in SW Portland and have 6 dwarf escallonia along my entry sidewalk (north side of the house) that are 8 yrs old and doing very well.
There were 2 more next to the house in the front bed but I pulled them out this past summer. They were in full shade and after all the snow last winter they didn't recover. |
RE: escallonia pink princess winter die back?
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- Posted by bboy USDA 8 Sunset 5 WA (My Page) on
Wed, Dec 30, 09 at 18:03
| Today I observed a 'Frades' growing at a business near me got cooked during a recent cold spell. South exposure, asphalt all around, evergreen hedge a bit to the north. The dwarf escallonias across the lane from me took a major hit last(?) winter. Parts of their crowns are still brown and dead. I pulled the two I planted on Camano Island out. |
RE: escallonia pink princess winter die back?
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| Escallonia and Ceanothus are by far the two most commonly used hedging material on our island. I work for Parks here and we have actually chainsawed down huge bushes of Escallonia because they were getting out of hand and blocking the ocean view from the park in town. We cut them down to stumps nearly ground level and they resprouted back full force. There was also another huge specimen of Escallonia Pink Princess growing in front of our local movie theater. It was encroaching onto the walkway beside the building and getting way to out of hand. The gardeners also chainsawed that one down as well. It has completley resprouted. If you want a smaller growing variety then go with Newport Dwarf, very common here as well and tolerates seaside conditions and salt spray. Cheers, Joe |
RE: escallonia pink princess winter die back?
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- Posted by bboy USDA 8 Sunset 5 WA (My Page) on
Mon, Jan 11, 10 at 0:53
| Not everyone lives at the beach. Pink Princess is a trademarked name used to sell the 'Frades' cultivar. |
RE: escallonia pink princess winter die back?
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| I have about 5 Pink Princess Escallonia here in Puyallup Washington, they didn't appreciate when our temps got down to 8 degrees this winter for multiple days. They all look very sad. When is the best time to cut them back? I've had die back before of some of them due to harsh winters and they've come back but I'm not sure when is best time to cut them back. And cutting to ground OK? |
RE: escallonia pink princess winter die back?
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- Posted by bboy USDA 8 Sunset 5 WA (My Page) on
Tue, Feb 2, 10 at 21:48
| Cut out all the dead when new growth starts. Or when you are tired of looking at it. They are able to come back from the root crown, you don't have to worry about cutting too much off. |
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