I am looking for information about a blossoming heirloom shrub that my grandmother called "kiss me by the gate." It has small early spring flowers that are intoxicatingly sweet. I would like to know its formal name, and get some pruning advice. Thanks!
"kiss me by the gate"
Sep 28, 2003
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USDA Plant Profile:
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polygonum orientale
n : annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America [syn: prince's-feather, princess feather, kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, prince's-plume, Polygonum orientale]
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