Upright and outwardly spreading plant habit,
Freely and continuous flowering , with dark green leaveswith  its fat dark red purple-coloured flowers on long racemes, this shows itself wherever you have in the garden
Semi-evergreen, growing to approx 60cm x 50cm - good for mid border, full sun - totally hardy
Other than an occasional tidy of old leaves,  Persicaria is a low maintenance plant, that seems to look at home anywhere you plant it.