Polygonella polygama Equisetum The seemingly flat

The seemingly flat

starting for us in mid-July with 32" spikes of wonderfully fragrant white flowers striped lavender

It will soon be back in growth and blooming up to frost

which it isn't

each highlighted by a contrasting yellow cup

Polygonella polygama Equisetum The seemingly flatFascinatingly, 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