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| Botanical Name: |
Correa reflexa
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| Sounds like: |
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| Common Name: |
Common Correa; Native Fuchsia
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| Family Name: |
RUTACEAE
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| Genus: |
Correa
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reflexa
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| Name Derivation |
G: after J F Correa de Serra, 18th C Portuguese botanist; S: Lat. bent back i.e. turned back corolla lobe
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| Growth Habit: |
Shrub
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| Dimensions: |
1.3-2m x 1-2m
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| Flower: |
Tubular 2-4cm long, pendulous, tips sharply reflexed, hairy on outside, mostly solitary in terminal upper twigs, colour cream, green, pink, red, Mar-Sept
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| Climate: |
Will withstand dry conditions once established and tolerates full shade or full sun, certain forms which grow by the coast are salt tolerant
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| Fruit: |
A schizocarp with 1-2 seeds.
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| Propagation: |
Seed or cuttings.
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| Horticulture Use: |
For woodland gardens, rockeries and as a ground cover, shrub beds, native gardens
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| Culture & Maintenance: |
A most adaptable and widely cultivated ornamental species. Likes well-drained, moist, light to heavy soils dappled shade or partial sun. Prune to reduce the flower shoots by one-quarter of length, immediately after flowering, tip prune in early stages
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| Foliage: |
Simple, ovate to lanceolate, often cordate, smooth to hairy, 2-5cm,dk green
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