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Correa 'Dusky Bells' (Red Australian Fuchsia) - A low evergreen shrub groundcover shrub to about 2 feet tall with a 3 to 4 foot spread . It has velvety, gray-green 1 1/2 inch long oblong leaves that densely cover the stems which hold red bell-shaped flowers that hang down from its branches from winter through spring.
It performs best in sun or part shade. It is drought tolerant but should be irrigated occasionally in the summer for best performance. It is seaside tolerant and is hardy to about 20 degrees F. A very reliable older hybrid.
The name for the genus honors Jose Francisco Correia de Serra (1750–1823), a Portuguese abbot and naturalist. Correa 'Dusky Bells' is a very old cultivar, possibly selected as early as 1930. There is no record of its origin, but it is thought to be hybrid between Correa pulchella and Correa reflexa. It has also been marketed as Correa 'Carmine Bells', C. species 'Pink', C. 'Pink Bells', and C. 'Rubra' but the Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (ACRA) considers the correct name to be Correa 'Dusky Bells'. We have grown the very nice durable plant continuously since 1988.
Information displayed on this page about Correa 'Dusky Bells' 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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