This heath-like shrub has upright slender woody branched stems that form a compact mound habit. It has tiny dark green overlapping scale like leaves and the mauve-white tube-shaped flowers appear terminally over the plant during early summer.

Hardiness zones 8 to 11 

Fabiana imbricata is naturally found  in South America from Chile to Peru and extending to Argentina growing on a dry mountain slopes in inland temperate regions. 

It prefers a well drained poor to moderately fertile soil that is tending acidic in an open sunny position and is light frost tolerant but drought tender.  

The Peru False Heather is grown for its compact rounded habit and flowers. It is planted on embankments or in shrub borders and can be trim to form an informal hedge. It is suitable for low-mountain regions establishing in 3 to 4 years and is moderately long lived. This shrub is also grown in tubs or planter boxes tolerating exposed positions or is used in rockeries. ID 3212

Fabiana (FAH-bee-AH-nah)  imbricata (IM-bree-KAH-tah)

Solanaceae (so-lan-AY-see-ee)
Potato Family