Perennial
Persicaria bistorta or Polygonum bistorta
Bistort also known as Dragonwort, Easter Giant, English Serpentary, Passion Dock, Snakeroot, Snakeweed and Sweet Dock.
Height 75cm with pink flowers natural habitat meadows, bog gardens and cultivated beds. Prefers a soil of medium fertility, damp and in full sun to partial shade.
A strongly astringent herb, is used internally and externally for a large number of complaints, treatment for wounds and bleeding. Culinary, the leaves, roots and seeds are used. An ingredient in Easter ledger pudding. Bistort was formerly cultivated as a culinary and medicinal plant.
A magical herb that is believed to have powers of fertility, psychic powers, an infusion used to drive out poltergeists.

General Sowing information: Herb seeds can be sown from early spring onwards, when the ground has warmed up they can be direct sown. All herbs come complete with germination instructions.