Variation
var. macrantha
This vigorous shrub grows to 3m (10ft) with glossy green leaves and clusters of white to pink flowers.

Cultivars
'Alice'
This upright shrub has spreading branches that form a compact rounded habit. The glossy dark green leaves are finely toothed and the pale pink flowers appear in dense clusters during spring. It is planted in garden borders for screening and tolerates a light prune.

'Apple Blossom'
This shrub has glossy green leaves with pink flowers and may be trimmed in to form an informal hedge after flowering. It is suitable for coastal plantings in small gardens on well drained moist soils. It has a medium water requirement once established.

'Crimson Spire'
This shrub has an erect habit with showy crimson flowers that appear during early summer. It may be trim after flowering to form an informal hedge or used in a low border. It has a medium water requirement once established.

'Pink Pixi' ™
This dwarf shrub grows to 800mm (28in) tall and wide forming a compact rounded habit with glossy green leaves. The brilliant pink bell-shaped flowers appear in clusters from spring to late summer and the plant is used as a low border or in patio pots and may be trained for a hedge. 

It tolerates most well drained moderately fertile soils in a protected sunny to semi-shaded position and is frost and drought resistant. It has a medium water requirement once established.

'Red Knight'	Escallonia x langleyensis
This medium size shrub grows to 1.5 m (5 ft) tall by 1 m (3 ft) wide with glossy green foliage and produces clusters of deep cerise flowers from spring to autumn.  It grows in an open sunny to semi shaded position on well drained fertile moist soils and is frost tolerant.  once established. 

It is suitable for coastal regions and is bird and butterfly attracting.  This small shrub is planted along borders in small gardens and may be trimmed to form a hedge.