Centradenia Cascade Purple

Common Name:

Centradenia 'Cascade Purple' – Spanish Shawl

Description:

Centradenia 'Cascade Purple' is a stunning, low-growing perennial ground cover admired for its vibrant purple flowers, attractive bronze-green foliage and graceful cascading growth habit. This beautiful ornamental plant produces masses of delicate, four-petalled blooms in rich shades of violet-purple and magenta, creating a spectacular display of colour against its softly textured leaves and reddish stems. Its naturally spreading and trailing habit makes it an excellent choice for hanging baskets, decorative pots, raised garden beds, retaining walls and shaded garden borders, where its colourful foliage and flowers can cascade elegantly over edges.

Flowering predominantly from spring through autumn, Centradenia 'Cascade Purple' provides an extended display of brilliant colour in sheltered garden positions. Well suited to Melbourne's climate when protected from frost and extreme cold, it thrives in part shade and prefers moist, fertile, well-drained soil enriched with organic matter. Its foliage develops attractive bronze and reddish tones, particularly in cooler weather or brighter growing conditions, adding ornamental interest even when the plant is not in flower. Regular watering during warmer months will encourage lush growth and abundant flowering, while occasional tip pruning helps maintain a dense, compact habit. Growing approximately 60 cm tall and spreading up to 1 metre wide, this versatile perennial is ideal for creating colourful ground coverage, softening garden edges and adding a vibrant tropical appearance to sheltered outdoor spaces.

Form:

• Ground Cover

• Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding

Mature Size:

• Height: 60 cm

• Width: 1 m

Aspect:

- Part Shade

Flowering:

• Flowers in Spring

• Flowers in Summer

• Flowers in Autumn

Flower Colour:

• Violet-purple

• Magenta-purple

• Bright purple

Key Attributes:

• Attractive Bronze Foliage

• Cascading Growth Habit

• Evergreen in Frost-Free Conditions

• Frost Sensitive

• Long Flowering Period

• Low Maintenance

• Perennial

• Suitable for Hanging Baskets

• Suitable for Pots

• Suitable for Raised Garden Beds

• Suitable for Retaining Walls

• Suitable for Shaded Gardens

• Trailing Ground Cover

Toxicity:

Centradenia 'Cascade Purple' is not widely documented as toxic to humans, dogs or cats. However, specific toxicity information for this cultivar is limited. Ingestion of plant material should be avoided, as it may cause gastrointestinal discomfort in sensitive individuals or pets.

Companion Plants:

• Ajuga reptans (Bugleweed)

• Asplenium australasicum (Bird's Nest Fern)

• Begonia

• Brachyscome multifida (Cut-leaf Daisy)

• Dichondra 'Silver Falls'

• Fuchsia

• Heuchera (Coral Bells)

• Impatiens

• Lamium maculatum (Spotted Dead Nettle)

• Liriope muscari

• Plectranthus

• Scaevola aemula (Fan Flower)

• Viola hederacea (Native Violet)

  Plant Growers Australia (PGA) is an innovative wholesale production nursery based in Melbourne, renowned for superior quality garden plants and pioneering breeding programs.
  PGA do not sell direct to the public, but their website has detailed information on this species that is available for everyone to access. 
  Visit www.pga.com.au for further details and photos of this plant.