Correas

PLASTIC money, Google maps, electric drills, Kylie Minogue… many Aussie imports are now part of life in the UK. But what about their plants? You might imagine that anything grown Down Under would not take too kindly to the UK climate. Yet there is a group of shrubs from Australasia that can cope – even in winter. And producing stunning flowers for months on end, they deserve to be more widely grown.

Correas are a small tribe of evergreens that deliver a non-stop supply of small, pendent blooms from mid autumn until mid spring. Native to Australia and Tasmania, they vary enormously in habit, from ground-hugging