General Landscape Uses: Ground cover
Ecological Restoration Notes: Not recommended outside of its native range.
Description: A prostrate, mat-forming perennial with small, ovate, bristly green leaves that may turn bronze or reddish in high light or cool weather.
Dimensions: Height 2 – 6 in.; Spread 2 – 3 ft.
Growth Rate: Fast
Native Range: Mexico and Central America
Native Habitats: Humid, cloud forests and shaded rocky slopes
Soils: Well-drained
Nutritional Requirements: Moderate
Salt Water Tolerance: Low
Salt Wind Tolerance: Low to moderate
Drought Tolerance: Low
Light Requirements: Full to part sun
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Characteristics: Small, four-petaled flowers that appear in such profusion they can nearly obscure the foliage.
Flowering Season: Summer to fall
Fruit: Small, inconspicuous capsules
Wildlife and Ecology: Attracts bees and butterflies
Horticultural Notes: Grown from air layering, cuttings
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