Persicaria
Knotweed
Poor Persicaria! Certain weedy, invasive members of the genus have given the rest a bad name, and discouraged gardeners from getting to know these versatile performers. Our garden-worthy selections are happiest in semishade with ample moisture.
Artfully festooned with irregular patches of white and creamy yellow plus a central maroon chevron, each unique, large oval green leaf celebrates a lush exotic style. ‘Painter’s Palette’s broad variegated foliage cloaks jointed stalks, forming a fabulous foliar mound beneath petite red flowers on slender wispy stems. Tailor-made for smaller spaces, shady perennial borders, woodland plantings and cottage gardens, this slow-spreading easy-care nativar shuns most pests, looks lively in swathes, tolerates clay soil and favors some afternoon shade plus fertile moist alcoves. Judicious deadheading prevents unwanted seedlings.
Blooms July–September
Size: 18" – 2' 0" high x 18" – 2' 0" wide.
Hardy to zone 4.
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Other selections in this genus:
- Persicaria affinis ‘Dimity’
- Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Fat Domino’
- Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Alba’
- Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Amethyst Summer®’
- Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Anne′s Choice’
- Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Atrosanguinea’
- Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Blackfield’
- Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Golden Arrow’
- Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Inverleith’
- Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Orange field’
- Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Purple Spears’
- Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Rosea’
- Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Summer Dance’
- Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Taurus’
- Persicaria bistorta ‘Hohe Tatra’
- Persicaria bistorta ‘Superba’
- Persicaria microcephala ‘Red Dragon’
