Photographs: Co. Cork

Escallonia Escallonia rubra var. macrantha (Escallonia macrantha) Tomóg ghaelach Family: Grossulariaceae Flowering: June-September. Evergreen shrub. Introduced. Deep pink-red flowers with 5 petals. The shiny, finely toothed, mid to dark green leaves are leathery, stalkless and alternate. A slightly frost-tender shrub with sticky young shoots. Height to 3m. A naturalised garden escape or relic of cultivation, increasing on waste ground, roadsides, woodland, walls and hedge banks.

Escallonia, Escallonia rubra var. macrantha, Tomóg ghaelach