Lythrum alatum
We bring this in seasonally, so what is on the lot changes week to week.
Call (904) 471-0440 to confirm this plant and size before you make the trip.
Winged Loosestrife (Lythrum alatum) is a Florida-native rhizomatous perennial with winged stems that thrives in wet meadows, pond edges, and rain gardens across NE Florida. It blooms from summer into fall with small six-petaled purple flowers, offering excellent value to native bees and butterflies in moist habitat gardens. For sale in St. Augustine, FL from $9.95.
Winged Loosestrife does best in full sun to light partial shade. In NE Florida, full sun in a wet or moist location — such as a pond margin, rain garden, or wet ditch — produces the most vigorous growth and flowering.
This is a wetland native that requires consistently moist to wet soil; it is not drought-tolerant. Site it at pond margins, in rain gardens, or in low spots that retain moisture. It is not suitable for typical well-drained landscape beds without supplemental irrigation.
Thrives in moist to wet loam, clay, or even sandy soils that stay consistently wet. No fertilizer is generally needed in naturally fertile wet sites; avoid dry, well-drained soils. In restoration plantings, organic matter incorporation improves establishment.
Shares 4 of the same needs: similar light, high water, loam, and pollinator-friendly.
Shares 4 of the same needs: similar light, high water, loam, and pollinator-friendly.
Shares 3 of the same needs: similar light, loam, and pollinator-friendly.
Shares 3 of the same needs: similar light, loam, and pollinator-friendly.
Shares 3 of the same needs: high water, loam, and pollinator-friendly.
Shares 3 of the same needs: high water, loam, and pollinator-friendly.
Winged Loosestrife is a perennial for Zone 9b coastal Florida gardens, reaching 2-4 feet × 1-2 feet.
