Lysimachia
Put this plant in a damp garden and it will think it has died and gone to heaven.
How To Grow
Put it in the ground.
But seriously folks. This is one plant that will grow in almost any garden situation from dampish soils right through to marginal sandy soils. I've trialed it on all of them and there's no problem. It grows much faster (don't we all?) on soils that are fertile and moist but no standing water. I suspect that being submerged will not make them happy but bog gardens or damp pond-side gardens are their strength.
They love the full sun but will grow in part shade. Part shade in dry soils isn't a great idea but they will live there. The problem in this situation is that the leaves tend to get sparse and fungal-infected so they wind up looking pretty ratty.
Propagation
Easiest by division. And once established, this plant will give you a lot of divisions.
Hardiness
Generally, USDA zone 3-4. I never lost one in USDA 4.
Concerns
Almost all varieties and species I ever grew were rampant spreaders and should not be allowed into a good garden. They spread by underground rhizomes and do so quickly and efficiently to invade every other part of the garden.
But they are pretty plants.
Lysimachia Varieties
L. ciliata Firecracker' is a 36-inch tall bronze foliaged variety that was a little more open leaved in my garden than the L. punctata. Bronzy leaves and yellow flowers make an excellent combination.
L. clethroides or goose-neck loosestrife is a white flowering species and the individual flowers are bent over resembling a goose neck. 36-inches tall, blooming mid-summer,
L. punctata or yellow loosestrife flowers yellow in mid-summer and reaches 24 inches tall.
L. punctata 'Alexander' is a variegated green-white foliage variety of the above.
L. punctata 'Golden Alexander' is a variegated gold-green varietey of the above
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