trefle.io · Taken Jun 13, 2019 by Waldemar Zeja (cc-by-sa)
Primulaceae
Tufted loosestrife
Lysimachia thyrsiflora
Also known as Lysimachia kamtschatica, Lysimachusa thyrsiflora, Lysimachia capitellata, Tufted yellow loosestrife
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Wetland · Bog Plant · Yellow Flowers · Pond Margin · Water Garden · Primulaceae · Perennial · Rain Garden · Native · Wildlife Habitat
Tufted loosestrife is a wetland perennial that thrives in consistently wet soils, making it ideal for pond margins, rain gardens, or bog plantings. It produces attractive yellow flower clusters in early summer and spreads gently over time. Plant in sun to partial shade and ensure the soil never dries out for the most vigorous growth.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently wet to moist; ideal for boggy or waterside conditions · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil pH
- 4.8–7.2
- Cycle
- Perennial
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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