Escallonia 'Iveyi' is a hybrid 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 Award of Merit in 1926,Hillier & Sons. (1977). Hilliers' Manual of Trees and Shrubs, 4th Edition. David & Charles, Newton Abbot, England. and the Award of Garden Merit 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. Panicles 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.
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