This shrub has slender woody branches that are upright to spreading forming a bushy habit. It has gark green heart-shaped leaves and the tube-shaped flowers are pinkish, tipped with green or yellow and appear solitary from late summer to early spring.

Hardiness zones 9 to 10

Correa reflexa is naturally found in Australia growing along the east coast and tablelands from northern New South Wales to Victoria and Tasmania in heath or in forests.

It prefers a well drained moderatly fertile sandy soil in a cool, moist protected positions with dappled light and is salt, drought and frost tolerant.

Native Fuchsia is grown for its colourful flowers and shrubby habit. It is planted in small or native gardens along low borders as a specimen or used in rockeries. It is suitable for coastal and low-mountain regions establishing in 2-3 years and is moderately long lived. This shrub is also planted in native coastal gardens or bushland areas that are being regenerated.ID 290

Correa(KOR-ree-ah) reflexa(re-FLEKS-a)

"Correa" commemorates eighteenth century Portuguese botanist Jose Correa de Serra; "reflexa", Latin word for "bent back", referring to the lobes of the flower.

Rutaceae (roo-TAY-see-ee)
Rue and Citrus Family