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Correa reflexa 'Carpenter Rocks' (Australian Fuchsia) - An evergreen shrub growing to 3-4 feet tall and wide with small clasping heart-shaped green leaves. Profusely blooming fall through spring with bright vermillion red, bell-shaped flowers are that are tipped with chartreuse.
Plant in full sun to partial shade with good drainage. Drought tolerant once established. Attractive to hummingbirds. Hardy to the mid 20°s F.
Correa reflexa is a wide ranging species in Australia from Western Australia east through South Australia, Victoria< New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania. The name Correa honors José Francisco Correia de Serra, a Portuguese botanist and the specific epithet 'reflexa' is a Latin word meaning "turned back", referring to the angle at which the leaf-like bracts above the flowers join the stem.
The 'Carpenter Rocks' selection came from area near Carpenter Rocks a town in the south-east of South Australia that faces the Southern Ocean. It was a 2002 University of California Santa Cruz Koala Blooms Australian Plant Introduction. We grew this plant from 2005 until 2007.
The information displayed on this page about Correa reflexa 'Carpenter Rocks' is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.
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