Japanese Indigo

Persicaria tinctoria Polygonaceae

Other names

Chinese Indigo

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Annual

Native distribution

Russia

Location

Robison Herb Garden

Source of plant

Fedco Seeds

Description

Annual to 80cm; stems erect, sparingly branched. Leaves to 8x6cm, oval or ovate, glabrous; petiolate; stipules narrow, tinged red. Flowers in compact spikes, forming a leafy panicle, red or pink. Fruit glossy, 2-3mm.

USDA Hardiness Zone

3