Anybody out there that might have a bit of pink or purple loosestrife they could spare for SASE I'd really appreciate it.
Thankyou .... Julie =0)
CLOSED: Wanted Loosestrife
Are you sure? Read up about this first please I know people on here that place it right next to Kudzu.
I have lots of yellow which you're welcome to with postage or trade.
Kathy
I have a lot of gooseneck loosestrife if you have room for it to spread. :)
75154~
To be honest I had originally scratched loosestrife off of my list because I thought I had to have more of a wet area to grow it. I know I've seen it heavily in ditches although none locally or I'd have dug some up and toted it home already...lol.
Then earlier this week while at the post office I saw they had some growing in their small garden area. It's so pretty in my opinion, that I think I'd like to give it a try.
I know the purple is considered to be very invasive and bothersome and is dowright hated by some. I tend to like plants that will fill out and spreading is fine as long as it stays in it's boundries.....anything that creeps out gets pulled or dug up and put back pretty quickly in my yard. I've also made a mental note to snip the flower tops rather than let them go to seed and blow all over. But to be honest I live in the middle of the woods and the soil in general sux....very sandy and dry outside of my flower beds so I don't think the loosestrife will find much of a habitat in my area.
~Julie
shihtzumom~
I would love to get some of the yellow for postage, thankyou for the offer. I will dg-mail you. I did a search and the yellow is very pretty as well. Is it easy to grow ?? Any tips you might have to offer on it would be appreciated as well.
Perhaps this time next year my garden will be able to better support trades, right now it's still to young.
~Julie =0) **I have a female shih tzu named Boo-Boo, she's my son's best friend**
I've got a tall, burgundy-leaved plant that I think is yellow loosestrife, Lysimachia punctata. PF says it's also called "circle flower," and I'm guessing this is due to its tendency to send up new plants each year that pop up in a circle around the location of the initial plant. It's definitely a spreading plant, and it's pretty tall. It's like the picture posted by sunshinesue in PF, only the leaves on mine are definitely burgundy. http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/20729/
BTW, the invasive purple loosestrife is an entirely different plant, Lythrum salicaria. I'm hoping this isn't what you're looking for, as it can be very invasive and is a major threat to wetland areas (the seed gets around). http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1655/index.html
My clump could definitely use some thinning, so I'd be happy to send some for postage. Dmail me if you want it, and LMK if you want me to send it now or wait for cooler weather.
~Badseed
Wow I looked up pics that is different isn't it....lol.
Do you find it difficult to control ??
I think it would look pretty with some Bee Balm next to it. I'm hoping to be able to add some Bee Balm to my garden as well which is probably what made me think of it....lol
If you can spare some for postage I'd be willing to give it a try. Thankyou for the suggestion !!
~Julie =0)
its forrbidden in Iowa now..NO nurseries here can carry any kind of it....it spreads all over the wetter areas of countryside.some pond banks are so covered with it you can't see the water anymore. BUT! on the other hand I have dug up clumps of the wild ones in the past and NEVER had any seedlings show up.even after years in the garden.So go figure!! It needs a wet area to reproduce well.
Certainly!! I have to take some of it's space for other plants. E me.
I have the lovely pink hybrid 'Morden's Pink'--it has YET to try and spread. I have it in a fairly moist location, and was relieved when it came back again this year! It merely grows, blooms & dies back like any other perennial for me.
No invasiveness......and, I honestly wouldn't even mind if it tried.....several friends have the same "bush" of 'Morden's Pink' in their gardens too....very well-behaved.
MKJ
Hello Julie,
You should check your local laws as well, purple loosestrife (Lythrum genus) has been widely heralded as one of the worse invasives to control once it spreads into the wild. And with its tiny wind borne seeds and it's ability to tolerate a good degree of dryness and a wide range of soil types (This becomes a bushy shrub eventually, with a dense woody root system) it most certainly is a threat wherever it is hardy.. especially since it experiences little to no damage from insects or disease on our continent.
I don't know anything about the pink loosestrife.. but it makes me very nervous. I would check for research on any plant in the genus Lythrum before putting it in the ground. It really is a problem up here, the stuff comepletely changes native wetlands which are already diminished in number and size here in NY.
Lysimachia it a seperate genus though it is also called loosestrife. I have grown circle flower and have gooseneck loosestrife and the swamp candles/garden loosestrife in my new yard.. they're very full but they're no more difficult to remove than lily of the valley.. the swamp candles do seem to spread a lot more than the gooseneck though, and the plantfiles page has a photo of it invading a native wetland that's pretty scary. I'm not sure who your local expert would be on invasives (can someone else suggest what department to go to?) but definitely if those plants are going to be problems, there are some other very pretty ones (Liatris, for example) that will be better suited to.. any garden on this continent ;).
I'm a little confused...are you wanting Lysimachia? I have 2..and neither one are invasive in the least bit.
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/80015/
and
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/1564/
LOL Glad you said that Kim. I forgot I have punctata and Alexander too. Geeze.
Don't feel bad the more technical the discussion becomes the more confused I become as well.
From what I gather the wild purple is a hated plant but the tame cousins are ok...lol. I think that about sums it up for me.
I asked after the plants at the post office but they said they didn't know what they were but everybody asks because they're just so pretty....lol. If I knew where there was a wild patch I'd go pick some to take back to the post office to compare. Perhaps I'm mistaken on the species.
~Julie =0)
I have had this so called wild aggressive plant and it had died on me twice. What is highly aggressive for some does not do well for others...or even dies. It was the loosestrife that was a bright pink.
This is very true..It has to do with growing zones. That's why
I CAN NOT rely on the PF for info on invasion. I believe invasion occurs in zones 8 and above. People in higher zones need to take this into consideration when giving advise to others in cooler regions. As I stated in this thread http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/515823/
Kim, I agree with you! I got a bit of 'net whiplash over in the Indigenous Plants forum after commenting on an "invasive" plant....it was 'Morden's Pink' Loosestrife, as a matter of fact! ;-) If a plant MAKES it in TX heat, yippee! As I've stated before, I'm just glad mine survives the summer & winter and continues to do well. I even checked to see if it had suckered or anything, in order to share with Jab, but nope........not invading anything here!
I planted chameleon plant in a garden bed yesterday HOPING it'll "take over!" =D
Neil Sperry's own words in the 2nd edition of his book, 'Neil Sperry's Complete Guide to Texas Gardening,' says, "This is a soft-textured lovely perennial that should be more widely planted in Texas gardens." And regards to 'Morden's Pink' specifically, "Pale rosy pink flowers are sterile, so plant won't seed vigorously across garden, a problem with some types in some parts of U.S. [p.261]
Hey, I like mine........=)
MKJ
jab91864.......
Are you sure you want Purple Loosestrife.....As a Michigander you must know it is the most invasive weed growing here, and if you will check out the websites I have enclosed, you will see why. There is a perennial called LIATRIS, or some call it gay-feather that looks just like it. I have some growing myself that stays contained. Perhaps that is what your looking for.
Have you been to the Michigan Forum yet?? Come on over....and introduce yourself.....
Deann
http://miseagrant.umich.edu//pp/
http://www.efn.org/~ipmpa/Noxploos.html
No I'm sorry that doesn't look like the plant that I like. Thankyou for the suggestion though.
~Julie =0)
Hi - Just "found" this thread and decided to contribute. Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria L. & Lythrum virgatum L.) has been added to the noxious weed list in Nebraska. Some other names for it are Purple Lythrum, Spiked Loosestrife, Robert's Lythrum. There are other varieties of loosestrife that are not on "the list", as I've seen them in nursery's. Was just sick when it was considered noxious, as I had no problem controlling it - at least not up to that point - but did remove it from my gardens. It was so beautiful!!