Lythrum salicaria (Purple loosestrife)

Lythrum salicaria (Purple loosestrife) is one of the best known native plants and is an excellent plant for a number of reasons. It has plentiful long lasting light purple flowers quite late in the season, much visited by bees and butterflies, and provides perching points for dragonflies. It will grow almost anywhere from shallow water to dry ground and will naturalise well. To get the best from it, cut off flower spikes before they go to seed and it will obligingly send up more. It’s a fairly tall and bushy plant and will need a substantial basket.

AVAILABILITY:

From April to August, single bare root plants or single P9 pots will only be available as part of a Pick and Mix pack or as a component of various other pond packs. Multiples of x 10 bare root plants, packs of three P9 pots and various larger potted options will be available all year subject to seasonality.