Common
name: "Circle Flower" or "Garden
Loosestrife"
Latin name: Lysimachia punctata
Zone: 4
- 8
Elevation to: 8500'
Growth habit: Clump forming
Max height: 18" - 30"
Spread: 24"
Flowers: Yes, July - August
Flower type: Cup shaped
Native to area: No
Available varieties: 9+
Sunshine:
Water:
Pictured
Perennial: Circle Flower
Lysimachia
punctata
Perennial
Cultivation: Circle Flower is also called Garden
Loosestrife. It produces a long column of showy, star shaped
yellow flowers mid to late summer. The flowers are excellent for
cutting.
Plant Garden Loosestrife in full sun to partial shade in well drained soil.
Circle Flower prefers some mid day shade during the hot months of
summer. It adapts to most soil
types well. Under ideal conditions Circle Flower is self seeding
and can become invasive upon neighboring perennials.
Propagation:
Circle Flower seed can be sown in a cold frame or greenhouse in early spring, or
seed can be planted directly in the ground after danger of hard
frost has passed. For a faster showing of flowers purchase pre-started plants
at your local Garden Center. Plants can be propagated in spring or
late summer by dividing the rhizomes.
