Lythrum salicaria

Firecandle

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Height

1 m

Flower colour

bright red,

pink

Flowering Time

June, July, August

Light/shadow demands

light shade,

no direct sunlight,

sun

Soil

humos, loamy, sandy-loamy, all substrates

perennials

Lythrum salicaria

Characteristics:

Habit

Stiffly upright, bushy clumps, spreading by seeds into thickets

Blossom

Star-shaped, bright carmine or carmine-pink on extended, slender inflorescences, June to August; cut back completely after first flowering to produce second blossoms in August to September

Leaves

Lanceolate, willow-like, dark green, blood-red in autumn

Demands

Sun to light shade, semi-shade possible but needs staking; cool-humid, flowers pink-grey in hot areas; frost hardy

Soil

Fresh to damp, takes well to floods; nutritious, humic, peat, bog soil, loam or clay, even swamp soil.

Bee pasture/nectar

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Product Nr	Options	Price (plus 7% VAT)
SANA007046	Pot	€3.20

Product Nr	Options	Price (plus 7% VAT)
SANA007046	Pot	€3.20