Re: Tovara
- To: perennials list
- Subject: Re: Tovara
- From: C* C*
- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 04:27:40 -0700
See: Persicaria. Except for the height, sounds like Persicaria capitata,
syn. polygonum capitatum. Branching, stem-rooting, evergreen to
deciduous perennial with ovate to elliptic, dark green leaves, to 2"
long, each with a purple V-shaped band. Bears bell-shaped pink flowers
1/16 - 1/8 " long, in dense, rounded, short-stemmed panicles, to 1/2 "
across, in summer. Good groundcover; may be invasive. 3" tall. The only
other persicaria listed I see with those V-shaped bands is P. virginiana
'Painter's Pallete' listed as 16-48" tall. Check the A-Z, I may have
missed another sp. listing the V-bands.
From: Pavlacky@cs.com
Subject: one more plant id
One more, if you please!
I bought a plant at a plant sale--no tag, great foliage.
I saw the same plant at a garden in a garden tour this weekend, and
asked
what it was. The woman there said it was Tovara. WHat? Never heard of
it.
It's not in any of my books, but I found one picture of Tovara "Painters
Palette" on the Net. Doesn't look like it at all.
Lime green leaves with a maroon "chevron" type design (or upside down V)
in
the middle of an ordinary 4"ovate leaf. Stems are kind of woody at the
base
and spreads in a clumping fashion. Gets about 18" tall, apparently
likes
shade, wilts when dry. THe woman said hers blooms tiny red flowers
spaced
out on long grasslike wands. Must bloom later than this time, because it
hasn't bloomed yet. It has beautiful foliage, and I'd like to know its
care
requirements. I know I've seen this plant somewhere before in one of
the
many books I've looked through, and I'm sure it's not some rare
specimen.
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