Fabiana imbricata ‘Violacaea’

A strange little Andean solanaceous plant that masquerades as a Heather, stumping all but the best botanists, ‘Violacaea’ is also known a ‘Combers Variety’, supposedly from Combers collections in Southern Chile many years ago and hardier than the species. Upright branches of scaly silvery gray foliage and tubular lavender flowers, the species can reach 2 m in habitat but ‘Violacaea’ seems to be considerably shorter.