About
Correa 'Marian's Marvel' is a semi-hardy, spreading evergreen shrub that can reach up to 1.5 meters in height. It features dark green leaves that are rounded to oval in shape, with fine hairs on the underside. From autumn through spring, this plant produces small clusters of tubular flowers that are pink at the base and transition to creamy yellow at the tips.
About the genus
Correa consists of evergreen shrubs characterized by their lanceolate to rounded foliage, which is scurfy on the underside. The plants produce either solitary or clustered tubular blossoms featuring four spreading lobes.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Spreading branched
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 1-1.5 metres
- Spread
- 1-1.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Patio and container plants
Care notes
- Cultivation
- In frost-prone areas, grow indoors in lime-free (ericaceous) potting compost, in full light with shade from hot sun, and with good ventilation. In milder areas, grow outdoors in fertile, moist but well-drained, neutral to acid soil in full sun.
- Pruning
- Pruning group 8
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed sown in spring, or by semi-hardwood cuttings in summer
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to scale insects when grown indoors
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free