My Cotswold garden is very dry, but I am able to grow the moisture-loving Lythrum salicaria 'Feuerkerze' in the shallow part of my small pond, where it thrives. From late July until early September, ...

Have you been wondering about those roadside wildflowers that in the last few weeks have burst into a sea of purple? Let me introduce you to purple loosestrife, also known as lythrum salicaria. Do not ...