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Products > Correa lawrenceana 'Eiffel Tower'   Correa lawrenceana 'Eiffel Tower' - Mountain Correa Note: This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.     Habit and Cultural Information Category: Shrub Family: Rutaceae (Citrus) Origin: Australia (Australasia) Evergreen: Yes Flower Color: Pale Green Bloomtime: Winter/Spring Synonyms: [Correa lawrenciana] Height: 4-8 feet Width: 1-2 feet Exposure: Cool Sun/Light Shade Deer Tolerant: Yes Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 20-25° F Correa lawrenceana (Mountain Correa) Upright evergreen shrub to 8 feet tall by 2 feet wide with dark narrow oval green leaves with reddish stems and in winter and spring, and also sporadically at other times throughout the year, appear the pale greenish yellow tubular flowers that hand downwards. Plant in part sun to full shade in a well-drained soil. Irrigate regularly to occasionally. Hardy to mid 20°F. This is an unusual vertical accent plant for the shade garden that is more notable for its foliage than flowers though when in bloom it is attractive to nectar feeding birds. The species was first described in 1834 by English botanist William Jackson Hooker who gave it the name Correa lawrenciana to honor the Australian botanist Robert William Lawrence (1807-1833) who, with the South African botanist Ronald Gunn, first collected the plant . The spelling of the name was standardized to Correa lawrenceana under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature in 1998. This plant was in the collection of the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum as Correa lawrenceana 1994.610 and came to them from Kuranga Native Plant Nursery in 1994. It is a Koala Blooms Australian Plant Introduction for 2014.  Information displayed on this page about  Correa lawrenceana 'Eiffel Tower' is based on the research conducted about it in our library and from reliable online resources. We also note those observations we have made of this plant as it grows in the nursery's garden and in other gardens, as well how crops have performed in our nursery field. We will incorporate comments we receive from others, and welcome to hear from anyone who may have additional information, particularly if they share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.     [MORE INFO]