Hi,

I have one in my garden, two actually, I bought one last year and its return was fairly ambiguous and so I bought another and planted it near the existing (somewhat) one. Last year it looked great, it got quite large and produced a lot of flowers, neither is doing well this year. They may need more heat than this summer could provide ( I sure do ) and so I am not sure of what advice I would give other than to give it a shot, it's only a 10 buck gamble, but maybe try it in the spring rather than this fall so it can have a good go of it before winter. By the way, I believe the zone is borderline 4 and closer to 5. Mine is in full sun, good soil and gets regular water without fail. Another persicaria that is more hardy here is persicaria polymorpha, it is zone 3, it gets white fleecy type flowers, nice deep green foliage and it can get quite large, there are some really nice ones growning in the Clemens Gardens in St. Cloud.

Good luck, hope this helps, Helen.

Thanks, Helen. I kinda thought you might weigh in on this one. Very helpful. Do you remember where you got your plants? I'm a gambler when the stakes are high enough. Gary

I actually found it at Linders...surprised me, but they do have a number of 'lesser knowns' there. I have not been able to find 'polymorpha' though, may have to do that one through the mail...after I find a big enough space in the garden...

Helen.