Polygonella polygama Russia that's adorned

that's adorned

The winter foliage emerges in October and remains until late spring when it goes dormant

pointed green leaves and topped with large terminal panicles of white flowers from late May through August (NC)

open fields

west of southern South Korea in the Yellow Sea

Polygonella polygama Russia that's adornedFascinatingly, few people including most native plant enthusiasts, have heard of, or grown the amazing Buckwheat relative, Polygonella polygama. October flower, as it's better known, is a native perennial that naturally occurs from Virginia south to Florida and west to Texas in dry, acidic sandy soils. The 2' tall, upright, thin, woody stems are clothed with needle thin foliage that scarcely garners a glance from visitors until early October, when it