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{{Short description|Shrub cultivar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Correa'' 'Dusky Bells'}}
{{Infobox Cultivar | name = ''Correa'' 'Dusky Bells'
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| genus = ''[[Correa (plant)|Correa]]''
| hybrid = ''[[Correa pulchella]]'' × ''[[Correa reflexa]]''
| cultivar = 'Dusky Bells'
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'''''Correa'' 'Dusky Bells'''' is a  ''[[Correa (plant)|Correa]]'' [[cultivar]] from [[Australia]].<ref name =ACRA>{{cite web|title= ''Correa'' 'Dusky Bells'|work=Descriptions of Registered Cultivars|publisher=Australian Cultivar Registration Authority|url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/acra/descriptions/acc203.html|accessdate=2009-09-22}}</ref> It is a compact and dense shrub that grows to 0.6 metres in height and 2 to 4 metres in width. The lanceolate, elliptic or ovate leaves vary in size from 10 to 40 mm long and 5 to 20 mm wide.<ref name=ACRA/> The tubular flowers are pale [[carmine]] pink and appear predominantly between March and September.<ref name=ACRA/>
The cultivar is believed to have been originally distributed as ''Correa'' sp. and later as ''Correa'' sp. (pink), ''Correa'' 'Rubra', ''Correa'' 'Carmine Bells' and ''Correa'' 'Pink Bells'. The name 'Dusky Bells' was originally applied to a ''[[Correa reflexa]]'' cultivar, but came to be adopted for the plant now known by that name.<ref name=ACRA/> An application to register the name 'Dusky Bells' was received by the [[Australian Cultivar Registration Authority]] in 1980 and accepted in 1986.<ref name=ACRA/>
==Cultivation==
It is a long-lived shrub, with frost resistance and moderate drought tolerance. Being a hybrid, propagation by cuttings is required to produce plants which are true to type.<ref name=ACRA/> ''Correa'' 'Dusky Bells' has gained the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]'s [[Award of Garden Merit]].<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector - ''Correa'' 'Dusky Bells'|url=
https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/91923/Correa-Dusky-Bells/Details | accessdate=15 April 2020}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Correa (plant)|Dusky Bells]]
[[Category:Cultivars of Australian plants]]
[[Category:Garden plants of Australia]]
[[Category:Ornamental plant cultivars]]
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