This perennial has spreading stems that form a dense prostrate habit. It has small oval-shaped mid-green leaves and the small funnel-shaped bright pink flowers appear just above the foliage during summer.

Hardiness zones 10 to 12

Heterocentron elegansis naturally found in Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala growing in moderately fertile moist well drained soils in a semi-shaded to filtered light protected position and is frost and drought tender.

Spanish Shawl is a perennial to sub-shrub that is grown for its prostrate growth habit and its magenta coloured flowers. It is planted in rockeries or between stepping stones as a ground cover or used in front garden borders as a spill-over. It is also planted in pots and tubs and in cool climates it is grown as an indoor plant establishing in one season from division.ID 1280

Heterocentron (het-er-oh-SEN-tron) elegans(ELL-eh-ganz)

Melastomataceae (MEL-as-TO-ma-TAY-see-ee)