This semi-evergreen shrub has an upright habit with arching stems that form an open habit. The lanced-shaped mid-green leaves are scattered along the branches and the tube-shaped pink flowers appear in clusters during spring.

Hardiness zones 8 to 9

Cantua buxifoliais naturally found growing in the mountains of Peru and Bolivia in well-drained moist moderately fertile soils. It prefers a protected sunny position and is moderately frost tolerant but drought tender.

The Scared Flower of the Incas is a shrub that is grown for its attractive colourful flowers and is planted against a wall or grown as a specimen in a shrub border, rockery or raised garden bed. It establishes from cuttings in 3 to 5 years and tolerates mild frosts if planted in a warm protected position. ID 1404

Cantua(KĂN-tew-a) buxifolia (buks-I-FO-lee-a)

Polemoniaceae(po-le-moh-nee-AY-see-ee)
Phlox Family