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Bistorta officinalis. Bistorta officinalis (synonym Persicaria bistorta), known as bistort, common bistort, European bistort, or meadow bistort, is a species of flowering plant in the dock family Polygonaceae native to Europe and northern and western Asia. [1] Other common names include snakeroot, snake-root, snakeweed, and Easter-ledges.
A container garden in large plastic planters. Container or bucket gardening involves growing plants in some type of container, whether it be commercially produced or an everyday object such as 5-gallon bucket, wooden crate, plastic storage container, kiddie pool, etc. Container gardening is convenient for those with limited spaces because the containers can be placed anywhere and as single ...
Bistorta bistortoides plants generally grow to 10–51 centimetres (4–20 inches) tall. [2] Individuals growing above 2,250 metres (7,380 feet) are smaller, seldom reaching more than 30 cm (12 in) in height. The leaves are leathery and 2.5–10 cm (1–4 in) long, [2] being mostly basal on the stem.
It is a damp-loving herbaceous perennial growing to 1.2 m (4 ft) tall and wide, with heart-shaped pointed leaves, downy beneath, and narrow spikes of rose-red or white flowers in summer. [3] [4] Numerous cultivars have been developed for garden use, including 'Firetail'. [5]
Water garden or aquatic garden, is a term sometimes used for gardens, or parts of gardens, where any type of water feature (particularly garden ponds) is a principal or dominant element. The primary focus is on plants, but they will sometimes also house waterfowl , or ornamental fish , in which case it may be called a fish pond .
Bistorta macrophylla (syn. Polygonum macrophyllum, syn. Persicaria macrophylla) is a flowering plant species in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae. [1] It is native to mountain regions of West and South China (Gansu, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan), Bhutan, Nepal, [2] northern India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand), and Pakistan.
Bistorta vacciniifolia, the whortleberry-leaved knotweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to Tibet and the Himalaya. [1] Well-suited for clay soils, as its synonym Persicaria vacciniifolia it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society 's Award of Garden Merit .
Persicaria amphibia produces a thick stem from its rhizome. The stem may creep, float, or grow erect, rooting at stem nodes that come in contact with moist substrate. Stems are known to reach 3 meters (10 feet) long in aquatic individuals. The stems are ribbed and may be hairless to quite hairy in texture. [4]