Re: purple loosestrife
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: purple loosestrife
- From: N* L*
- Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 23:03:55 CDT
Margaret wrote:
>I've been told that Better Homes & Gardens featured it recently as an
>outstanding garden plant. I don't read the magazine, and for sure I'm not
>going to now if that was true.
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Well, if you feel so inclined, you can read without guilt! The
"loosestrife" featured in BH&G is lysimachia ciliata purpurea. The article
makes reference to the environmental concerns about lythrum, explains the
difference, and points out that this is one hazard of using common names.
Just FYI..
Nancy Lowe
Arkansas, zine 7
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