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Correa pulchella 'Pink Eyre' (Pink Australian Fuchsia) - A compact evergreen shrub to 2-3 feet tall and as wide with smooth and shiny deep-green leaves densely cloaking the branches. Light rose pink flowers are very striking during winter and spring with scattered flowering year-round.
Plant in full sun to part shade, with average to good drainage, Grows well in dry shade under oaks. Deer resistant. Drought tolerant and cold hardy to 20-25 F.
Correa pulchella comes from calcareous soils in South Australia. The name Correa honors José Francisco Correia de Serra, a Portuguese botanist and the specific epithet is Latin for "beautiful". The cultivar Correa pulchella 'Pink Eyre' was 2004 University of California Santa Cruz Koala Blooms Australian Plant Introduction. It is more upright growing and has darker flowers than the plant we list as Correa pulchella and is a little shorter and with lighter rose pink colored flowers than Correa pulchella 'Pink Flamingo'. For a comparison of the Correa pulchella cultivars pictured together see Correa pulchella varieties. We have grown this excellent plant continuously since 2003.
Information displayed on this page about Correa pulchella 'Pink Eyre' is based on our research conducted about this plant in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about it as it has grown in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will 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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