Plant Min Zone: 4b
Plant Max Zone: 10b
Sunlight: Full Sun, Part Sun, Shade, Deep Shade
Water / Rainfall: Low, Average, High, Very High
Soil Quality: Poor, Average
Bloom Season: Early Summer
Flower Color: White
Berry / Fruit Color: None
Spring Foliage Color: Dark Green
Summer Foliage Color: Dark Green
Fall Foliage Color: Dark Green
Evergreen Foliage: No
Winter Interest: No
Scented Flowers: No
Drought Tolerance: Medium
Wet-Feet Tolerance: Medium, High
Humidity Tolerance: High
Wind Tolerance: Medium
Poor Soil Tolerance: Clay Soils, Rocky Soils
Height: 0.5' - 0.75'
Width: 1' - 2'
Growth Rate: Fast
Service Life: Long: 5-10 years
Maintenance Need: High
Spreading Potential: High
Yearly Trimming Tips: Trim Perennial to Ground Around First Fall Freeze: No Winter Interest.
Plant Grouping Size: Mass Planting of 10 or more
Best Side of House: South Exposure, West Exposure, East Exposure, North Exposure
Extreme Planting Locations: Tolerates Damp Full Shade, Tolerates Periods of Standing Water, Resistant to Rabbits
Ornamental Features: Easy to Eat Edibles, Exceptional / Colorful Foliage
Special Landscape Uses: Groundcover, Erosion Control
Possible Pest Problems: None
Plant Limitations: Aggressive Rhizomes / Runners, May Be Too Invasive for Garden Use
>>>>>This plant can also be used as a marginal aquatic plant growing in shallow water. It can also grow as a bog plant needing constantly moist soil rich in organic matter. As a rain garden plant, it will thrive is a depressed area in the landscape that collects rain water from a roof during spring and summer periods of rain but then go dormant if the water hole dries out completely.>>>>>For the home garden, the species is generally too aggressive to mix with other plants