Description of Lysimachia punctata 'Alexander'

Lysimachia punctata 'Alexander' is a variegated dotted loosestrife with yellow flowers and cream-edged leaves. It’s a useful plant when you want summer colour plus foliage that lights up damp shade.

Appearance

It forms clumps of upright stems with variegated leaves. Yellow flowers appear along the stems in early to mid summer. Height is usually 60 to 90cm. It can spread by rhizomes and form a wider patch if it likes the spot.

Care Guide

It is easy to grow in damp soil. The main job is keeping it from pushing into slower neighbours.

• Sun: Sun to part shade. Too much shade reduces variegation.
• Soil: Moist, fertile soil with organic matter.
• Water: Keep damp for best growth.
• Control: Lift and thin edges if it spreads too far.
• Cut back: Cut stems down after flowering or in late winter.

If foliage gets tired, a trim back after flowering often brings fresh leaves.

Suitability for Bog Garden

This suits bog gardens on the upper edge and nearby damp borders. It gives you a bright leaf effect among green rushes and sedges, and the yellow flowers add a simple summer lift.

Keep it out of the saturated centre if your bog is very wet, as stems can get softer and lean.

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