Partial Shade
Moderate watering
Frost Hardy
8a
USDA zone
-12°C
Minimum temperature
Expected size
Height | Spread | |
|---|---|---|
35cm | Max | 60cm |
20cm | Min | 40cm |
Flowering
spring
summer
autumn
winter
Persicaria affinis Overview
This species is a low growing mat-forming perennial which will grow to about 25cm. The leaves are elliptic to oblanceolate 3-10cm and basal, they are dark green turning bronze-red in the autumn. The flowers are borne in dense upright spikes of pink-red blooms in late summer to medium autumn.
How to propagate Persicaria affinis
Division
Divide clumps in autumn or spring.
Other uses of Persicaria affinis
Ground cover, walls, rock garden, borders