This perennial dies back to below ground level each year in autumn, then fresh new growth appears again in spring.
Striking, burgundy flower spikes on long slender stems flower continuously from May to September. The attractive, crinkled, rosettes of silver-green foliage are an excellent foil for the flowers, which are also highly attractive to butterflies. A versatile plant that can be shortlived, spreads slowly and performs best in a moist border in sun or partial shade, or it can be grown in a pot on the patio. It makes an excellent cut flower, too.
"The rosette of crinkled grey-green leaves marked with pale veins produces a spike of burgundy-red flowers on this biennial loosestrife"
I tried this plant from seed some years ago but they were rather lax. The Lysimachia I bought from Crocus were sturdy and grew well this summer. The stems of flowers have a graceful arching habit. I look forward to their regrowth next year.
Herbaceous Helen
New Barnet
I purchased 3 last Autumn and they have flowered for months. Deadhead and you get more flower. Love them!
Keen and lean
Wilts
These plants were a big hit with the bees in my garden and were super hardy, flowering all through the very hot summer of 2018. They are very beautiful, about a metre tall waving gently in the breeze - add a lovely dimension to the garden. Highly recommend these, they will be a staple in my garden : )
Emerald
Chelmsford
A strange plant with an almost alien like form. Striking and different, long flowering. I had to stake young plants last summer, but it was extremely hot.
Lucinda
Cambridgeshire
I have a large garden and need to fill a lot of areas that get weedy. I look for small low growing plants to set off larger perennials and shrubs.
Eileen
Brewood
So pretty but grew huge and heavy, struggled to keep it lifted
Sam
Bristol
Really unusual flowers but bees loved them!
Florence
Leicestershire
Very nice plants in very good and spacious packaging. Always pleased with the quality of the plants from Crocus, I have had plants from other suppliers that are tightly packaged and very squashed and rarely survive so to have plants of this quality is heaven.
Kevin
Oswestry
Love these plants! Came well packaged, as usual, good posting times, good plants on unpackaging.
BothDavis
Surrey
the look of the plant have not decided where to put it yet leave in pot or in garden
angus
Abingdon oxon
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shastonlad
Hello, These are not particularly long lived and many people treat them as biennials, replacing them every 2 to 3 years.
Helen
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