Escallonia rubra aka Redclaws

The Escallonia rubra, also known as redclaws and red escallonia, is a spreading shrub that belongs to the family Escalloniaceae. It is native to southern Chile and neighboring areas of Argentina but has been cultivated as a garden and hedging plant and has become naturalized in other countries. The plant usually grows up to 1.5 meters tall, with glossy, serrate evergreen leaves. The pink to crimson trumpet-shaped flowers bloom from July to October in the Northern Hemisphere, and the hypanthia are maroon to red with acute apices, giving it the common name redclaws. The Escallonia rubra is highly variable, possibly due to the merging through hybridization of several once-independent species. It is one of about 50 species of shrubs and small trees in the Escallonia family, and it grows mostly in coastal states. The plant is not well suited to inland summer heat and humidity. The summer flowers have a combination of white and red to rose-red coloring, and the shrub has a rounded shape.