White Australian Fuchsia
Correa
Australian Fuchsia
Pendulous droves of dainty tubular blooms resembling Fuchsias promise to tempt the hummingbirds in your garden, and enliven it with fall, winter and early spring color. These evergreen shrubs have attractive dense growth, often with down covered stems and foliage. A small group of Australian natives, Correa are exceptionally tough, tolerating drought, salt spray, poor soil, wind and deer, but beware of over watering them. Plant in a well-drained spot on a bank or in the mixed border, and provide shade in hotter climates.
Each 14.75
Parented by two Australian species Correa alba and Correa backhousiana, this stylish evergreen hybrid originated in the 1940s at the hands of celebrated San Francisco-based plantsman Victor Reiter Jr. The pendulous, bell-like ivory white blooms showcase 4 dainty flared petals plus sage-green calyxes from late fall through early spring amid small, oval-shaped, short-haired gray-green leaves donning pale felted undersides and fawn-hued stems. An easy-going durable shrub for seaside plantings, water-wise gardens and containers, ‘Ivory Bells’ cheers winter days, nourishes hummingbirds, begs superb drainage, needs only moderate water and appreciates some shade in hot locales.
Blooms November–March
Size: 4' 0" high x 4' 0" wide.
Hardy to zone 8.
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