Purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria Firecandle

Temperatures Purple loosestrife
Let's grow the The Purple loosestrife outdoors; they can bear very harsh minimum temperatures, even when many degrees below zero. Our water plants can't bear cold temperatures therefore we can move them inside the house, placing them in large containers.Let's grow the The Purple loosestrife in a luminous place, with direct sunlight.

Care Purple loosestrife
These plants are perennial herbs. This plant in the summer assumes a purplepink colouring; it is medium in size and can reach 1 m high. It doesn't keep its leaves in the winter. When growing these plants tend to go up, developing very little in width, and they tend to have a columnar development.

Feed Purple loosestrife
During the spring months we can add a specific fertilizer for our plants, green or flowering ones, to the water of our water garden . On the market there are also specific fertilizer which come in bars or in granular form, to be planted near the plants to melt constantly in about 3-4 months.

Irrigation Purple loosestrife
Water when the ground is dry; in case of prolonged droughts water very often, otherwise every 1-2 weeks can be enough using 1-2 buckets of water ; avoid water stagnations and excessive watering. These plants need a great quantity of dampness; they should be placed on shores, or sea beds, or small ponds. If grown in a large container, usually the water should be substituted every 15-20 days.

Adversity Purple loosestrife
As the day-time temperatures rise at the beginning of the spring, it is agreeable to practice a preventive treatment, with a wide-range insecticide, which should be applied when there aren’t flowerings in the garden. Before the buds become too large, it is advisable to also treat them with a wide-range fungicide, to prevent the development of fungal diseases which spread easily when there is an elevated environmental moisture.

Substrate Purple loosestrife
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Climate peat sand Soil Pumice Bark S. Organic alpine 5 1 2 0 0 1 continental 4 2 2 0 0 1 mediterranean 3 3 2 0 0 1

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