Re: loosestrife
- Subject: Re: loosestrife
- From: B* C*
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 10:44:21 -0400
>From: ECPep@aol.com
><< 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.
I have a clump of yellow loosestrife that's been here since we moved into
the house about 8 years ago-I have no idea how long it had been here
before-It usually amounts to about half a dozen stalks-no more, sometimes a
few less. It is in part shade, underneath the dripline of a huge old maple.
No doubt the dryness is keeping it contained. I wish it did do a little
better.
Physostegia I pull out religiously every fall after it finishes blooming.
This keeps it just controlled enough that it doesn't get much bigger each
year. If I really wanted it out I suspect I would have to bring in heavy
earth moving equipment and go down to the subsoil level-then build a big
fire on top of the subsoil.
Bob Campbell
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