Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants
Bistorta 'Pink Elephant'
Bistorta 'Pink Elephant'
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The name is a clue: ‘Pink Elephant’ produces long, slender spikes of rosy-pink flowers that arch and bend like a wavy trunk, rising above the distinctive dagger-like, dark green semi-evergreen foliage from midsummer into autumn. A compact, vigorous perennial, it is a smaller form of Bistorta that punches well above its weight in the garden.
Whilst vigorous, it is not a nuisance spreader — making it a reliable choice for the front of a border, smaller gardens, or even containers in a lightly shaded spot. It thrives in moist soil in sun or partial shade but can cope with slightly drier conditions once established. Fabulous planted in large groups, its naturalistic good looks combine brilliantly with ornamental grasses such as Molinia or purple-leaved Actaea, drawing bees and butterflies in numbers.
Synonym: Persicaria ‘Pink Elephant’