.png) Correa pulchella
- common names: Australian fuchsia
- flowering season: beginning in mid October and continuing into February
- height: 2 - 3 feet tall and 3 - 5 feet wide, growing a bit larger in warmer parts of California
- Light requirements: sun or shade
- Soil requirements: average garden soil that is well drained
- Water requirments: water a young plant regularly until it is established, after that it survives well on what Mother Nature will provide
- Growth habit: branching and bushy
- How to propagate: cuttings root well when started with a heat mat and a grow light
- Leaf type: small oval, evergreen leaves of green
- Ways to use it: highly adaptable to many locations in a garden, and also makes a fine container plant either alone or in mixed company
This species of Correa is the one most often seen. Our plants are grown from cuttings rather than started from seed, so they will be identical to each other and match the color in our photo. Its flowering season begins in fall and runs into Febraury. Best suited along the West Coast of North America, it needs the dry summers and low humidity of its native home of Australia. Winter hardy to +20°F or slightly colder in protected locations. If you live where it is colder but have a cool sunroom or greenhouse, you might enjoy giving it a try in a pot since it is very colorful and its flowers come during the dark days of winter. USDA Zones (8) 9 - 10. |
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