Nurseries Online
  • Home
  • A-Z Plant Index
  • Trees and Shrubs
    • Fruit Trees
    • Advanced Trees
    • Evergreen Trees
  • Native Plants
  • Roses
  • Buying Plants Online
    • Mail Order Nurseries
    • Retail Plant Nurseries
    • Wholesale Nurseries
  • Garden Pots
  • Water Features for the Garden
  • Garden Accessories
  • About Us
  • Water Features for the Garden
  • Garden Pots
  • Garden Accessories
Home  »  A-Z Plant Index  »  Australian Native Plants  »  Correa pulchella

Correa pulchella

  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
Correa-pulchella-Orange-Glow
Correa Pulchella ‘Orange Glow’

The winter to spring flowering Correa pulchella  may well be the best of all of the species of this wonderful group of plants. With many hybrids developed, horticulturalists have invested a lot of time into making many new varieties available for sale to the Australian gardener.

These are an excellent low growing plant for the garden border, native garden or rock garden. This is a plant that flowers from Autumn through to Winter with lovely long bell shaped flowers set against dark green foliage.

A number of varieties are available for sale including numerous cultivars. Flowering from autumn through to spring they add color to the garden over a long period.

Plant profile and growing conditions

Growing to about 1m, Correa pulchella forms a nice rounded mound, frost resistant, full sun to part shade and nice blue green foliage.

One of the most important factors in growing Correa pulchella is to avoid humid conditions. Good air flow and a well drained soil can alleviate many problems.

All species and cultivars are bird attracting will grow to around 40cm and do well in full sun to part shade. Excellent rockery plants, frost tolerant and reasonably drought tolerant once established. All varieties may be pruned to maintain shape. A slow release native plant fertilizer is best

Correa pulchella
Correa pulchella

Summary Information

  • Botanical Name – Correa pulchella
  • Common Name – Native Fuchsia, Dusky Bells.
  • Position – Full sun to semi shade.
  • Soil – Well drained
  • Height – Varying from near prostrate forms to around 1 metre.
  • Spread – To 1m in good conditions, usually less.
  • Flowers – Orange to Red
  • Flowering Time – Winter through to Spring.
  • Foliage – Deep green.
  • Frost tolerant – Yes, light frosts are OK
  • Drought tolerant – Yes
Correa pulchella Jaffa
Correa pulchella ‘Jaffa’

Varieties

C. pulchella ‘Pink Mist’ and Correa ‘Carmine Bells’ are two popular Correa cultivars of this low growing mound forming Australian Native plant.

Other varieties include:

  • ‘Orange Glow’.
  • ‘Autumn Blaze’
  • ‘Dusky Bells’

You may also be interested in

  • Waratah
  • Banksia
  • Callistemon
  • Alyogyne Huegelii (Native Hibiscus)
  • Diplolaena grandiflora
  • Veronica perfoliata (Diggers speedwell)

Comments

Full List of Australian Native Plants

Popular Australian Natives

  • Dwarf Flowering Gums
  • Small Gum trees or Eucalypts
  • Waratah
  • Australian Native Plants for Sale
  • Chamelaucium – The Geraldton Wax Flower
  • Scleranthus biflorus
  • Acacia cognata
  • Eucalyptus macrocarpa
  • Grevillea Species
  • Boronia Plants
  • Xanthorrhoea australis
  • Standard and Weeping Grevilleas
  • Flowering Gum Trees
  • Bush Tucker Plants
  • Ficus macrophylla
  • Eucalyptus pulverulenta
  • Banksia Varieties
  • Adenanthos sericeus
  • Acacia Trees for Sale
  • Elaeocarpus reticulatus

Copyright © 2025 · Advertise with Us · Contact Us