Pond Plants
Purple loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
Photo: Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature0–30 °C
- pH6–8
- Adult size150 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Origin
- Europe and Asia
- Size
- 60 – 150 cm
- Temperature
- 0 – 30°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 8.0
- GH
- 4 – 20 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Light
- High
- CO2
- Not required
- Fertilization
- low
- Growth
- fast
- Position
- edge of the pond
- Propagation
- Seeds and division
Notes: Magenta flower spikes in summer that attract pollinators. Native to Europe (invasive in the Americas).
