Best in cool coastal sun to partial shade with good drainage. Drought tolerant once established but performs best with summer irrigation. Hardy to the mid to low 20°s F. This long blooming shrub is attractive to hummingbirds and can be pruned to shape or to keep smaller and adds interest to the mixed flower border or woodland garden in mass or as a single specimen and is good for container gardening.

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 selection of the species came from Kangaroo Island, Australia's third largest island, that is located 70 miles southwest of Adelaide at the entrance of Gulf St Vincent. This plant was received from the UCSC Arboretum in 2010 as Correa reflexa 'Kangaroo Island' 98.118 and was a 2011 University of California Santa Cruz Koala Blooms Australian Plant Introduction. We started growing it that year and have offered this very nice plant continuously ever since. 

Information displayed on this page about Correa reflexa 'Kangaroo Island' 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.