This sub-shrub has slender woody branches that form a compact rounded habit. It has mid green leaves are 3-lobed and the pink or white funnel-shaped flowers appear in clusters from summer to early winter followed by capsular fruit.

Hardiness zones 10 to 11 

Heterocentron arbutifolia is naturally found from Mexico to central South America growing in open scrubland on moderately fertile well-drained moist soils, in an open to protected sunny position and is frost and drought tender.

This shrub is grown for its flowers and is used in small gardens or grown as a container plant. It is also suitable rock gardens or as border plant establishing in 2 to 3 years. In cold climates it is grown in a glasshouse as a potted specimen. ID 1373

Heterocentron (het-er-oh-SEN-tron) arbutifolia (ar-bew-tih-FOH-lee-uh)

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