Comments on: Inspiration for Tuesday, June 30 – 2009 http://www.virginiaspiegel.com/blog/archives/3145 Artist Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:41:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.virginiaspiegel.com/blog/archives/3145/comment-page-1#comment-4836 admin Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:33:32 +0000 http://www.virginiaspiegel.com/blog/?p=3145#comment-4836 Vivain - BJ Parady also brought this to my attention. This plant is of the gooseneck loosestrife family - lysimachia. It is a spreader for sure and I must say I look for that in plants as I garden on clay. Not for the faint of heart though. I avoid the other loosestrife, purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) which is an invasive species. I bought these plants at a reputable plant sale (www.FriendsSchoolPlantSale. com) in Minnesota. They are death on the lythrum since MN has so many lakes and wetlands, so I'm sure they wouldn't sell an invasive species. Thanks for bringing this up as no one wants to spread invasive species. Learn more here: http://www.nature.org/initiatives/invasivespecies/features/ Vivain – BJ Parady also brought this to my attention. This plant is of the gooseneck loosestrife family – lysimachia. It is a spreader for sure and I must say I look for that in plants as I garden on clay. Not for the faint of heart though.

I avoid the other loosestrife, purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) which is an invasive species. I bought these plants at a reputable plant sale (www.FriendsSchoolPlantSale. com) in Minnesota. They are death on the lythrum since MN has so many lakes and wetlands, so I’m sure they wouldn’t sell an invasive species.

Thanks for bringing this up as no one wants to spread invasive species. Learn more here:
http://www.nature.org/initiatives/invasivespecies/features/

]]> By: vivian http://www.virginiaspiegel.com/blog/archives/3145/comment-page-1#comment-4835 vivian Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:25:44 +0000 http://www.virginiaspiegel.com/blog/?p=3145#comment-4835 A lovely flower, but very invasive. It can threaten native plants if it gets going. A lovely flower, but very invasive. It can threaten native plants if it gets going.

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