Re: loosestrife

In a message dated 5/21/02 11:58:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
lwallpe@juno.com writes:

<<         Lysimachia clethroides  - gooseneck loosestrife 
         Lysimachia punctata - yellow loosestrife >>
Linda,

I have both of these also.  Again, they have to be in dry half-shade to slow 
them a bit.  I also like both plants and do not have much trouble with them.  

A pet theory on some of these fast spreaders is that our shorter growing 
season causes root growth to begin late in the season and stop quite early, 
keeping the clumps at a reasonable size. 

Regarding the Phyostegia, I have had a clump of this for years that does not 
spread.  I understand this plant likes a moist soil and gets rocky gravel 
here.  I thought it would never grow into anything you could see without 
bending over and looking closely.  I watered it for a few years to try to 
make it grow a bit.  I think it was sold as 'Vivid'.

All demonstrates, with interest to a gardener, that a plant will behave very 
differently in  various areas of our country.

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4

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