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Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife)
- Loved by Pollinators
- Self-sows
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Tried & tested by the team
Super productive variety
Easy to grow
Purple Loosestrife is a native wildflower which flowers for so long and with such verve, vigour and prettiness, it makes the perfect damp spot or pond-side garden plant growing in the shallow margins
- Loved by Pollinators
- Self-sows
Product details
- Type
- Perennial
- Position
- Border (Middle), In Grass
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- June - August
- Height
- 1.2m (4ft)
- Common name
- Purple Loosestrife
- Moisture
- Moist
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Spread
- 60cm (24in)
- Cultivation
- Direct sow outside in early spring or autumn, space rows/seeds 40cm (16in), cover seeds lightly with soil. Thin to 45cm (18in). Sow under cover into trays or modules, pot on and plant out after the frosts.
Care Tips
Keep well waterered. Will self sow and can be invasive. Remove faded flowers to prevent this, let foliage die back naturally to encourage winter bud formation, cutting back dead stems early spring. Watch out for slugs with new plants.
Flowering Time
June - August
