BOTANICAL: Lysimachia clethroides

PRONOUNCED: ly-si-MAK-ee-uh klee-THROY-deez

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COMMON: Gooseneck loosestrife, Gooseneck. BLOOM HEIGHT LIGHT ZONE Mid-July to frost 2 ft. - 3 ft. Sun to part shade 3 - 8 July - White COMMENTS: The nodding, densely packed, 1 ft. spikes of 1/2 inch florets with recurving tips can be made to rebloom by promptly removing the spent blooms. It is a vigorous grower, expanding via underground stems. It is as rampant as mint but more difficult to eradicate, as any rooted fragment will continue to grow. Provide a well-drained, average, moist soil. The plant is even more rampant in rich soil. L. clethroides 'Geisha', Variegated Gooseneck, is in interesting cultivar with yellow and green mottled leaves.