Scientific Name Lysimachia clethroides Common Name Gooseneck loosestrife

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Characteristics Season summer Height 24-36 inches Hardiness USDA Hardiness Zone 3-8 Flower Color white Soil moist, well drained soil Exposure full sun to light shade Propagation division, seed North Carolina Regions Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain Comments Flowers of Gooseneck loosestrife are tiny and white, produced on arching flowering spikes. It is grown commercially as a cut flower. Unfortunately it can become very weedy by seed dispersal, and should be carefully kept under control. Origin Japan, China

Prepared by: orginally by Alice B. Russell, retired Extension Specialist, NC State University
                     maintained and expanded by Erv Evans, Consumer Horticulturist, NC State University

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