About
Correa pulchella is a sprawling evergreen shrub characterized by its elongated leaves, which have a silvery underside. It produces clusters of tubular flowers that can be pink, orange, or white, featuring petal tips that curve backward.
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
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Conservatory Greenhouse, Shrubs
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 1-1.5 metres
- Spread
- 1-1.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- Patio and container plants
- Native to
- S Australia
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Under glass grow in ericaceous potting compost in full light with shade from hot sun and with good ventilation. Water moderately in summer and keep just moist in winter. Apply a balanced liquid fertiliser monthly when in growth. Tolerant of mildly alkaline soil
- Pruning
- Pruning group 8
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed at 13-18°C in spring or by semi-hardwood cuttings in summer
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to scale insects
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free