Prince Feather Polygonum orientale
LATIN NAME: Persicaria orientalis
COMMON NAME: Prince Feather
The prince feather lifts its dense, drooping, rose-pink spikes above the broad leaves, and the whole plant stands in the tall, bold clumps. The tall, upright, annual plant carries the broad, lance-shaped or willow-like, dark-green leaves and the dense, drooping, rose-pink or crimson, bottlebrush-like spikes through the late summer, one of the fine, bold sights of the tall border, drawing the bees and the butterflies. The plant is a fine, historic presence of the old cottage garden, and it is a plant of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The prince feather is a curious subject of the plant science, and the drooping spikes keep showing up in the work on the tall annuals. The way the dense, drooping, rose-pink or crimson, bottlebrush-like spikes form at the top of the tall stems has been studied at length, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the tall annuals, the bee plants and the members of the knotweed family. The broad leaves and the upright habit have also made it a fine study plant, and the prince feather is a regular subject of the work on the drooping spikes of the late world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The prince feather is a fine, bold plant of the tall border and the old cottage garden. The dense, drooping, rose-pink or crimson, bottlebrush-like spikes open through the late summer, one of the fine, bold sights of the tall border, drawing the bees and the butterflies, and the broad, dark-green leaves give the fine, bold clump of the plant. It is one of the fine choices for the tall border, the back of the bed and the study collection, and it has been written about in the horticultural and the botanical papers for the drooping spikes and the old-fashioned ways. It is a fine, bold plant of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained garden.
Give the young plants the deep, moist bed, and the drooping spikes will rise in the first season.
To grow the prince feather from seed, sow the small, flat seeds just below the surface of the tray of fine, gritty soil, keep the tray in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young plants out in the open ground. The seedlings push through within a couple of weeks and grow on fast. With the sun and the deep, moist, well-drained ground, the drooping spikes will rise through the late summer.
Uses: Culinary/Medicinal
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