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Could anyone identify this please.

Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,669
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This was cut into a hedge, obviously pretty hardy, because it's right by the beach going from Eastbourne Harbour to Pevensey Bay. It's slightly prickly, with tiny tubular shaped deep cerise pink flowers.

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  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,669
    just noticed after saving the draft, the picture vanished!
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,044
    One of the escallonias?
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,126
    It looks rather like an escallonia of some sort - just a guess though

    Billericay - Essex

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  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,639
    edited September 2022
    Nanny Beach said:

    Definitely Escallonia sp/cultivar.
    Your pics show it after the petals have dropped of ...just leaving the calyx.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,482
    Agree with escallonia. Quite often recommended as a shrub suitable for coastal planting.  
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,669
    Thank you folks 
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,710
    my guess is E. macrantha.
    do the crushed leaves smell slightly of pineapple?
    Devon.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,669
    Hello Hosta, I didn't think to crush the leaves,it was pretty prickaly.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,710
    Nanny Beach said:
    Hello Hosta, I didn't think to crush the leaves,it was pretty prickaly.
    surprisingly soft , they just look prickly
    Devon.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,669
    Is that a self-description Hosta!!
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