Double Flowers | The Remarkable Story Of Extra-Petalled Blooms | Nicola Ferguson Wildflowers Cut back the foliage to

Cut back the foliage to about 15 - 20 centimetres and divide the clump into sections with each division containing several fans of leaves and a good root system

Persicaria amplexicaulis is a vigorous perennial hardy upright perennial which forms bushy clumps of large green leaves with abundant stems of white flowers that sit atop the leaves

peach-pink petals that form large semi-double blooms that are held on wiry stems above attractive mounds of foliage from mid-spring to summer

long-blooming plant for the edge of ponds or streams

8m tall stems which are produced during early summer and slowly age to a biscuity beige and then to golden tan colour as autumn moves into winter

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