Re: loosestrife

We've had purple loosestrife overtaking ditches and ponds for several years
where I live in central Idaho.  Last year they (the state??) tried putting
in a natural enemy of the loosestrife, I think it was a beetle larva? but
I'm not sure.  Anyway, this year the loosestrife in the ditches along the
road I live in is down to one small patch.  I could find out more about this
if anyone is interested.

Also, Lythrum and Lysimachia are both commonly called loosestrife, but
aren't even the same family.  Lythrum is the culprit, not Lysimachia.
Although I've heard that some Lysimachias can be aggressive in the right
situation, they have nothing to do with the purple loosestrife problem.

Linda, Idaho, Zone 5

At 01:47 PM 7/17/00 EDT, you wrote:
>>>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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