Lysimachia ciliata or Fringed Loosestrife (3.25″ pot)

Description

A graceful native Lysimachia (Loosestrife). Doesn’t spread aggressively, but grow3s well in full sun to shade. Medium to wet soil.

Lysimachia ciliata supports a rather rare and unusual specialized native bee, Macropis nuda (sometimes called oil bees), which harvest an oil (as well as a pollen) from the flowers of the genus that their larvae depend upon.

I have some trouble getting abundant germination – so I usually only have a couple of these available each spring…