Persicaria bistorta Description
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This fast growing, often invasive perennial produces attractive clumps of green foliage, throwing up spikes of pink flowers throughout the summer. Good for low maintenance woodland planting / difficult areas.
Persicaria bistorta - Cultivation Notes
Preferring moist fertile soils, Knotweed will flourish in full sun or part shade - tolerating chalky soils. Beware of invasive roots, and mulch every 2/3 years plus divide if scraggily.
Strengths, Weaknesses & Design Usage
Strengths of Persicaria bistorta:
- All round tough plant suitable for problem areas
- Suitable for container growing
- Tolerates permanently wet soil
- Tolerates cold exposed locations
- Tolerates heavy clay soils
Weaknesses of Persicaria bistorta
- Invasive/spreading root growth
- Invasive top growth
Design & Plant Use for Persicaria bistorta:
- Summer flowering herbaceous plant suitable for border planting
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View other ground cover plants with dark pink flowers, or ground cover plants with medium green foliage
Common Missspellings: Persacaria, Persicarea, Persecaria, Persiciria