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Persicaria Red Dragon - a bit leggy

WiltshireWildWiltshireWild Posts: 64
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I am growing pericaria for the first time. This plant is in a north facing garden and gets about 3 hours of sun a day. The plant is growing well but I was hoping it would form an upright clump. Is the issue caused by lack of sun or can some pruning fix this?


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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I find it often needs staking.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Bee witchedBee witched Posts: 1,295
    I cut some leggy bits off mine about 3 weeks ago. They are now getting more bushy.

    I've put the cuttings in a jar of water ... some roots already.
    A friend wants a plant so I'll pot up and over-winter and then pass on in Spring.

    Bee x
    Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders  

    A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    I responds well to a good chop and regrows very quickly


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    That's just what it does. I just chop off the more unruly bits and stake it if I think it needs it, but generally I quite like how it sprawls and wanders through other plants.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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