Unknown pink Correa

 A few days ago a customer brought Ray cutting material from a pink
flowered Cuphea which he can't ID. Neither can Ray. He's hunted all
through Philips & Rix but there's no name for a pink Correa which grows
to around 6' tall. There is a low growing pink one but clearly, that's
not it.  This is in a Torquay garden.  I've attached a link to a pic of
a flower but the colour is poor. It's much pinker than the photo shows
and is a deeper pink in the centre 'vein' of each petal.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hillhousenursery/6709010909/
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

 writes

Probably not but ...


CORREA harrisii  - Burncoose Nurseries - plants by mail order direct to
you ... Medium Shrub - Typically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

 writes

There's Pink Eyre but that is much shorter Sacha. As is C. reflexa if
memory serves me right

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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

 

Thanks, Janet.  I'll ask Ray about all of them.  But I don't think C.
harrisii is right as it's too pink on the outside and I think the
flower is too big.
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Sacha

 The open somewhat starry flower and its colour indicate to me that it
is one of the pink forms of Correa alba.  I've had several over the
years, some with quite pronounced pink shading in the centre.
Depending upon who's selling it, it is variously described a a small,
dwarf or miniature shrub, suitable for borders, rockeries or even
ground cover!  Grow it and you'll discover that most eventually reach
nearly 2m. and are very pleasing winter flowering shrubs for milder
gardens.  Some have been selected out and given jazzy names like
'Western Pink Star', but with the plant in question you won't go wrong
by calling it Correa alba 'rosea'.