Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Correa reflexa |
| Common Name: | common correa |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Medium Shrub (1 to 2 m), Bee Attracting, Bird Attracting, Insect Attracting, Popular (home), Popular (bulk) |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Well Drained |
| Size (HxW): | 2 m x 1-2 m |
| Foliage: | Leaves are up to 60 mm long and 6-35 mm wide and have a rough dark green upper surface, while the lower surface is covered with hairs and pale grey |
| Flowers: | The pendent, tubular flowers are yellow-green with protruding stamens and appear from March-September. There is also a red flowering form |
| General Comments: | A useful plant for dry shady positions. Provides food for nectar feeding birds such as the Eastern Spinebill. Tip prune after flowering to keep it bushy. Once established it can cope with a heavier prune. |
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| Similar Plant(s): | Correa reflexa var. speciosa |
