Alexander Loosestrife

Other Names: Yellow Loosestrife

Ornamental Features:

Alexander Loosestrife features beautiful spikes of gold star-shaped flowers at the ends of the stems from late spring to early summer, which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It's attractive pointy leaves emerge pink in spring, turning green in colour with showy creamy white variegation and tinges of pink throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

Alexander Loosestrife is a dense herbaceous perennial with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This perennial will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It is a good choice for attracting butterflies to your yard. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

• Spreading

Alexander Loosestrife is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• General Garden Use
• Mass Planting
• Bog Gardens
• Container Planting

Plant Characteristics:

Alexander Loosestrife will grow to be about 18 inches tall at maturity extending to 24 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 24 inches. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.

This perennial does best in full sun to partial shade. It is quite adaptable, prefering to grow in average to wet conditions, and will even tolerate some standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This plant can be propagated by division.

This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.