Lythrum virgatum 'Dropmore Purple'
loosestrife
- Position: full sun
- Soil: fertile, deep, moist soil
- Rate of Growth: average to fast
- Flowering period: June to August
- Flowers: purple-red
- Other features: attracts wildlife
- Hardiness: fully hardy
Intense purple-red flowers appear on tall flower spikes from early summer above lance-shaped foliage. This is a spectacularly colourful plant for watersides, pond banks and woodland borders where the soil is reliably moist. It is a clump forming perennial that attracts butterflies, birds and bees to their nectar. - Garden Care: It self-seeds freely, so if you want to control its spread remove the flowerspikes as they fade.
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
4 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
4 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
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