| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | In Water |
| Plant Height: | 3 feet and more |
| Plant Spread: | Asia and Australia |
| Leaves: | Evergreen Broadleaf |
| Fruit: | Showy |
| Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
| Flower Color: | Pink |
| Bloom Size: | 3"-4" |
| Flower Time: | Spring Summer Fall |
| Underground structures: | Rhizome Tuber |
| Suitable Locations: | Bog gardening |
| Uses: | Water gardens Culinary Herb Medicinal Herb Vegetable Cut Flower Dried Flower Suitable as Annual |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Provide light Scarify seeds: Scarying the end or side of the seeds until it showing some cream color then put it in the warm water Needs specific temperature: 20-25 degrees celcius Can handle transplanting |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Division Stolons and runners |
| Containers: | Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Needs repotting every 2 to 3 years |
| Miscellaneous: | Goes Dormant |
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