''Escallonia'' 'Iveyi' is a

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cultivar planted as a garden ornamental. The cultivar originated as a natural hybrid seedling discovered in the garden of Caerhays Castle in Cornwall. 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''. Thurston believed it to be a hybrid of ''E. montevidensis'' and ''E. × exonensis'' ''(E. rosea'' × ''E. rubra)''., whereas others later adjudged the female parent to be ''E. bifida''. The shrub was accorded the Royal Horticultural Society's

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in 1926,Hillier & Sons. (1977). ''Hilliers' Manual of Trees and Shrubs, 4th Edition''. David & Charles, Newton Abbot, England. and the

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in 1993.

Description

'Iveyi' is an evergreen shrub growing to between 1.5 and 2.5 m high, with a similar spread, bearing glossy dark green foliage.

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s of white flowers appear in the summer.

Cultivation

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

References

{{reflist Iveyi Ornamental plant cultivars