Re: [SG] Gooseneck Loosestrife
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Gooseneck Loosestrife
- From: C* P* <E*@AOL.COM>
- Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 12:44:50 EDT
In a message dated 5/24/99 10:44:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
diehlr@INDIANA.EDU writes:
<< Yes, Lysimachia clethroides is gooseneck loosestrife. I'd like to know who
told you this plant is not invasive. Most definitely it is! And not just a
little, but VERY. Don't kid yourself; get it out of your perennial border.
But DON'T pitch it out. >>
I grow l. clethroides and have little trouble with spreading out. Here in
cold country, planted in dry shade this plant with grow and flower where you
may have no luck with other plants. In general lysimachia is a native of
moist sites so really dry soils can help. It is a widening circle in my
garden controlled with a few jabs of the trowel in summer.
We are always discussing the dry shade under large trees, this may be one
answer.
Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY
4z
