Try using Persicaria as a specimen plant in a large lawn and you will have people stopping to to ask the name of the beautiful plant.

Common name: Great White Fleece Flower; Giant Fleece Flower

From a fist-size division FLEECE FLOWER (Persicaria polymorpha)is a beautiful back row SPECIMAN PLANT. It should give you a blooming plant in the first season. The next spring it will burst out of the ground and be in bloom with the iris in late May. It will continue to pump out blooms into August, and if you don't mind tan-coloured flowers, you can consider it to be in bloom until September.

Ideal conditions: best in moist fertile soil; full or half day sun; with some protection from high wind; very drought tolerant once established

Ideas and companions:

•this highly ornamental plant can be used at the front door of a residence, where it can be viewed both from the inside and the outside.

•almost any of the true grasses will complement Persicaria, particularly the Miscanthus

Flowers: 150-200cm (5-7'); fleecy creamy white, profuse blooms; late May or early June through September

Coldest zone: 3

Notes: even with its thick roots (like branching carrots), polymorpha is not invasive.

2016 LIMITED SUPPLY. I DOUBT IF I WILL EVER DIVIDE THIS PLANT AGAIN. I JUST PUT IT INTO ITS PERMANENT HOME so once it is gone. it is gone.