> Thanks for the suggestions. The plant is definitely not pink obedient > plant. I have a patch of those as well as some white ones. I sincerely > hope it is not purple loosestrife! The unidentified plant has hardly > spread at all compared to the obedient plants. Isn't loosestrife > completely uncontrollable? My stepfather has had this plant in his garden > for several years and it has just developed into a nice sized clump > (unless he has been removing large quantities of it every year and I don't > know about it). What else would identify purple loosestrife? Here's an illustration of Purple Loostrife: http://muse.bio.cornell.edu/delta/angio/www/lythr432.gif Chris --------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS