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| Category: Shrub |
| Family: Rutaceae (Citrus) |
| Origin: Australia (Australasia) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Flower Color: Creamy White |
| Bloomtime: Winter/Spring |
| Parentage: (C. alba x C. backhousiana) |
| Height: 4-5 feet |
| Width: 4-5 feet |
| Exposure: Sun or Shade |
| Seaside: Yes |
| Summer Dry: Yes |
| Deer Tolerant: Yes |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 20-25° F |
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Correa 'Ivory Bells' (White Australian Fuchsia) - This evergreen shrub grows to 4 to 5 feet tall with equal spread and has oval 1 inch long gray-green densely-hairy leaves on coppery-colored stems and ivory-white bell-shaped flowers with flared petals that hang downwards from branches from late fall well into early spring. Best in cool sun or part shade with occasional to little summer irrigation. It is hardy to around 20 degrees F and tolerant of seaside conditions. This attractive and durable landscape plant brightens the garden in winter and is attractive to nectar eating birds, including hummingbirds. We find it particularly useful for growing under our native live oaks or used as a low screen or accent plant. Though a hybrid of two Australian species, Correa alba and Correa backhousiana, this plant has its origins in the San Francisco bay area. This plant was the result of the hybridizing work in the 1940's of legendary bay area plantsman Victor Reiter Jr. (1903-1986). Mr. Reiter, one of the founders of the California Horticultural Society, has many plants named in his honor and the Arbutus 'Marina' tree in Victor and Carla Reiter's Stanyan Ave yard was the specimen that the Saratoga Horticultural Foundation took its cuttings from when they introduced this tree in 1984. The name for the genus honors Jose Francisco Correia de Serra (1750–1823), a Portuguese abbot and naturalist. This is without a doubt the toughest of the Australian Fuchsia that we grow and we have offered this plant continuously since 1986. There is a nice article about this plant by Patrice Hanlon on the Heather Farms website titled A Not-So-fussy Winter Bloomer. We have continuously grown this great Australian Fuchsia since 1986. Our plants from the Saratoga Horticultural Foundation.
This information about Correa 'Ivory Bells' displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.
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