The Plant Company

Bringing your garden to life

Contact

Telephone:
01403 740100

Email:
[email protected]

The Plant Company
Coolham Road
West Chiltington
Pulborough
West Sussex
RH20 2LH

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Opening times:
Tuesday-Friday, 9:00-17:30.
Closed public holidays.


 

The Plants

Persicaria affinis 'Darjeeling Red'

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Photo of Persicaria affinis 'Darjeeling Red'

£9.00

A workhorse in the garden, providing showy spikes of flowers for weeks on end from midsummer onward. Bottlebrush spikes in a pleasing warm shade of pink Try it as an eyecatching groundcover plant in moist, even boggy soil or beside water or as a handsome plant in a container. Rabbit resistant.

Type

  • Perennials

Foliage: Deciduous

Hardiness: Hardy

Vigour: Fast growing

Uses

  • Beds and borders
  • Cottage style garden
  • Woodland area

Special features

  • Attractive to wildlife
  • Low maintenance
  • Ground cover

Care instructions

Grow in any moist but well-drained soil. Keep well watered, unless the soil is naturally moist. Lift and divide congested colonies in spring or autumn.

Dimensions

Size: Small

Pot size: 2 litre

Eventual height: 25cm

Eventual spread: 45cm

Positions

  • Light shade
  • Sun

Aspects

  • South
  • East
  • West
  • North

Soil types

  • Normal
  • Clay

Soil pH ranges

  • Acid
  • Neutral
  • Alkaline

Special conditions

  • Wet shade