RED DRAGON: perennials DIGEST V3 #143

My Red Dragon died over the winter(zone 6B), but I liked it and bought another. WE'll see if it makes it.  I did notive I had a couple of small seedlings( it is Persicaria) and we'llm see how it goes.  A wholesale perennial nursery here lost it's entire inventory of Red Dragon over the winter as did several other folks I know.
Is it not cold hardy in zone 6?  Just about ready to say it isn't when someone I know in Zone 5 had it come through the winter.....???
Unless someone has the answer, we'll wait till spring
BTW, I like it's rangy style dropping a branch into this place or that in my "red garden" and I like understated white flowers. Placement is the key from a design point of view.  
Painters Palette?
Fallopia Variegata?
What's your opinion on these relatives.  Thugs or good friends if used correctly?
Walter Cullerton, Bucks County,Pa  zone 6B.
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