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Correa reflexa 'Cape Carpet' (Green Cape Fuchsia) - An evergreen low growing shrub that reaches to only 6 to 10 inches tall but spreads 8 to 10 feet wide. It has small dark olive-green elliptic leaves that clasp the stems. The buds are covered with reddish-brown hairs which glisten on the new pale green foliage. The bright vermillion red, bell-shaped flowers dangle from the stems from early winter to early summer with petals tipped with chartreuse.
Plant in full sun to partial shade with good drainage. Drought tolerant once established. Attractive to hummingbirds. Hardy to the mid to low 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.
This cultivar 'Cape Carpet' was a selection of the species made from plants growing at Green Cape in New South Wales, Australia. It was a 2005 University of California Santa Cruz Koala Blooms Australian Plant Introduction. We grew this plant from 2005 until 2012.
Information displayed on this page about Correa reflexa 'Cape Carpet' 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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