
Yellow Loosestrife
- Botanical Name
- Lysimachia punctata
- Min Zone
- 4
- Max Zone
- 8
- Height
- 18 to 30 inches
- Width
- 12 inches
- Flowers
- Late spring to early summer: yellow
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, fertile
- Planting & Care
- Yellow loosestrife can become aggressive when grown in optimum conditions
- Plants spread by rhizomes to form colonies and readily self-seeds
- Control spread by growing in partial shade in drier soils and deadhead after flowering to prevent self-seeding
- Divide in spring or fall will also control spread
- Plants may require staking or other support
- Problems
- Occassional whiteflies, rust, leaf spot
- Varieties
- Alexander - foliage has cream colored margins
- Golden Alexander - green and gold variegated foliage
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