purple loosestrife
Scientific name: Lythrum salicaria
Family: Lythraceae
Other common names;
Flowering time: June to August
Height: up to 1.5m
Growing conditions: wet areas and along the river bank
Nectar source for: long-tongued insects, such as brimstone butterflies, red-tailed bumblebees and elephant hawk-moths
Food source for:
Description
It has impressive spikes of magenta flowers which rise up among the grasses. Many tall stems can grow from a single root stock.
How to identify: Purple-loosestrife is a tall plant, with large, pink flower spikes and long green leaves in opposite pairs up the stem.
How to propagate:
Family: Lythraceae
Other common names;
Flowering time: June to August
Height: up to 1.5m
Growing conditions: wet areas and along the river bank
Nectar source for: long-tongued insects, such as brimstone butterflies, red-tailed bumblebees and elephant hawk-moths
Food source for:
Description
It has impressive spikes of magenta flowers which rise up among the grasses. Many tall stems can grow from a single root stock.
How to identify: Purple-loosestrife is a tall plant, with large, pink flower spikes and long green leaves in opposite pairs up the stem.
How to propagate: