Correa Dusky
Bells: is one of our favourite Correas. We are
reasonably confident in identifying this hybrid unlike lots of other Correas.
The parents of “Dusky Bell” are said to be Correa reflexa and Correa
pulchella. Correa reflexa has fathered (or should that be mothered)
more hybrids than any other Correa. At Yallaroo “Dusky Bells” has
proved to be hardy, free flowering and bird attracting (as are most of the
genus). “Dusky Bells” develops into a dense, spreading shrub about 50 cm
tall with a spread of at least one metre. The carmine-pink flowers appear in
autumn and winter with a few blooms at other times. An annual light pruning
will keep the plant compact, bushy and blooming bounteously. Propagates easily
from cuttings.