| Description | A showy Asian import with lavender pink flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (FLOW-miss)(kash-meer-ee-AN-uh) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4b-8 |
| Sunlight | full to shade |
| Moisture | average, tolerates dry, good xeriscape plant |
| Soil & Site | average well drained |
| Flowers | lavender pink, lilac purple, hooded, axillary whorls, in summer |
| Fruit | ornamental whorled seedheads |
| Leaves | opposite, egg shaped, unsymmetrical truncate base, pubescent with a crenate margin |
| Stems | square and pubescent |
| Dimensions | 3-5 feet, space 18-24 inches |
| Maintenance | cut back after bloom |
| Native Site | Native to the drier regions of Himalayas and Kashmir. |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced by "Plant Select" in 2004. |
| Misc Facts | Cashmeriana means of Kashmir origin. (Syn P. dichroa) |
| Notes & Reference | #79-Perennials For Every Purpose (Larry Hodgson), Plant Select web site, excerpt from the book "The Jade Garden" by Brent Hine) |
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