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| thoughts, comments.. innuendo.. out and out lies???
in my zone.. extremely shallow rooted.. and dies back to the ground .... grows about 3 feet tall, in shade.. in sand.. on irrigation ... rambles a bit.. but i can pull it out and give hunks away by hand ... is it invasive or problematic the further south you go??? being a knotweed and all ... ken |
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| The species is incredibly invasive in parts of the US and England too. I would not even trust a cultivar .... |
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| The invasive one is Japanese Knotweed, Fallopia japonica. As far as I am aware 'Painter's Palette' is a cultivar of Persicaria virginiana, a knotweed, but not THAT knotweed. I have never grown it but I have a constant battle against JK. |
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| There is Fallopia japonica 'variegata'...but 'Painter's Palette' is "the other" knotweed...persicaria... as flora said. ken, I grow both and technically, i'm south of you. lol I love Fallopia but even the variegated one has it's parents "wannabe" invasiveness. It's manageable but can be a PITA...I have it growing where it's wants to grow...not where I want it to grow. (for the love of god..please..nobody plant the species...) Painters palette hasn't been invasive at all for me. It dies to the ground, comes back in a clump and minds its manners. i have it in normal garden soil stuffed into a bed that also has vinca minor (might keep it in check..? dunno). I love it...i also have the 'Red dragon' variety... |
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| Ok next time, ken, use the right name, ok? Not "fallopia"! ;) |
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- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Thu, May 19, 11 at 9:35
| In Ken's defense the knotweeds as a whole are a very taxonomically confused genus and there have been all sorts of names applied to varying species almost interchangeably, including Fallopia, Persicaria, Polygonum (still the most common), Tovara, Fagopyrum and a few others! Wiki has a pretty decent breakdown of the current accepted taxonomy They are all rhizomatous herbaceous perennials (and a few annual weeds) - some are highly invasive, others less so. Still, a plant I'd think twice about before including in my garden :-) |
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