Re: Another unidentified plant
- Subject: Re: Another unidentified plant
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 22:29:56 EDT
In a message dated 10/8/01 5:08:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bpern@idcnet.com
writes:
<<
>Could it be the pretty, new, and Oh-So-Popular Persicaria 'Red Dragon'? >>
We had that plant last summer and it was sort of expensive and seemed to be
of a deeper maroon tone. I think I liked it last summer.
This summer 'Red Dragon' was around in all the shops for as little as 3/5.00
in 4inch pots. It grows like a weed and the color seems to bleach out as the
plant becomes huge. I had one in a pot and cut it off so many times this
summer that I finally dumped it on the compost. There is no way to grow it
compactly and the flowers are just little wisps of white.
Could there be more than one 'Red Dragon'? Incidentally it is not one bit
hardy here, not even protected in a cold frame which is not what the catalogs
say.
There are many species of persicaria, some really worthy and most
mislabelled. I haven't found 'Red Dragon' much fun to grow.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
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