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Australia and Tasmania native plantgroup Correa consists of a number of ten
species. Correa backhouseana has there as common name Australian Fuchsia or Tasmanian Fuchsia. This species is named after James Backhouse, an English Quaker
missionary, also botanical collector. They are tender and not-leafloosing shrubs of about
1.00 m height. The thin redbrown branches are set with nice brown fluffy hair. Their
leathery short stalked leaves are above darkgreen and greygreen at the bottom. There are species with white, rose, scarlet
or crimson tubular flowers and these are long till about 40 mm. The flowers of Correa
backhouseana are cream or pale green and sometimes they have rust colouring stained
spots. Flowers produce much nectar and in Australia and Tasmania there come to them many
honey sucking birds. In those countries they flower in parts with a more mild climate
mostly in the period from Oktober till in May. When planted in our country as a patio or
terrace plant, they are flowering principally in the monthes June and July.
They are growing best in a heat
climate and in The Netherlands they are treated as patio plant, so they must winter in a
frost free winterstorage. The increase agrees with the cutting method of a 'not false'
fuchsia. Potting you must do in a well drained soil with much sand in it. |
November
2008