Quick Facts
Exposure: Sun or Shade
Height at Maturity: Over 12 Inches
Usage: Flower Gardens
Shipped As: Bare-root
Planting Zones: 3-9
Product Details
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Pennsylvania Smartweed Plants are colorful North American native flowering herb—a close relative of buckwheat. A perennial species grows from seed each year in almost all USDA plant hardiness zones. It prefers partial sun to full sun. While it will grow in the shade, the flowers will not form or blossom without sufficient light.
The plant grows in a wide range of unlikely locations in the wild, including in the standing water of swamps or storm ditches or across open fields and prairie lands. It flourishes in harsh growing conditions that challenge most other flowers.
Where Pennsylvania Smartweed Plants Do Great
This flowering herb adds natural beauty and charm in a variety of settings, like these:
- Rock garden
- Shade garden (in a partially shaded spot)
- Natural area
- Water Garden
- Pond
- Native species garden
This wildflower requires a minimum of one inch of water every week, especially during the hottest summer days.
The Plant Can Reach 3 Feet Tall
This is a wildflower with effortless, casual beauty. It reaches a mature height of 18 to 36 inches and features a smooth, upright, sturdy, brown, or burgundy stem.
It Has Glossy Green Foliage
The leaves of the plant alternate up the stem and are between four to six inches long, oval, and three inches wide. They are glossy, dark green, and form a lance shape with tiny hairs around the edges.
The Weed Has Beautiful Pink to Purple Blooms
This plant usually present as pink to burgundy, although they may also be dark red. The multiple blossoms form a spiked shape measuring about three inches tall. These blooms appear from the middle of summer until the first kiss of frost in the fall.
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If you are looking for wildlife food, the Perennial is fantastic. Its formal name is Persicaria pensylvanica. This annual is native to the United States. It grows quickly and produces lots of smartweed seed, which birds love. It prefers moist soil and sun or part shade. The Pennsylvania Smartweed adds both ecological and ornamental value to a wildlife garden.