Re: loosestrife

>>I have read too that even the modern cultivars of loosestrife that are 
supposed to be sterile are sometimes quite fertile and can in fact pollinate 
the species.
Bill Lee<<

This is why I was unsure that it was Loosestrife to begin with.  My mother 
has been at this location for 5 years, which has a border beds running all 
over it, and this plant is still  jjust sitting there in a nice 3' bunch.  
Perhaps it really is a sterile modern cultivar.
We don't have the problems with the purple loosestrife here like other 
places, which is why I'm not sure of it's identification.  (I've seen 
pictures on the Web but they're just not quite clear enough).  Anyway, since 
I live on a lot in the middle of the city, I think I'll be a pretty safe bet 
for  containment. 

This is the third plant in my garden that I  had somehow acquired without ID 
that turned out to be Lysimachia/Lythrum!
Shelly Pavlacky
POrtland, OR

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