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Manchurian yellow loosestrife

Lysimachia barystachys

Manchurian yellow loosestrife
Photo: Jjw, CC BY-SA 3.0

Manchurian yellow loosestrife is a hardy, clump-forming perennial with spikes of small yellow flowers in summer, grown in temperate gardens for its tidy habit and reliable bloom. It is an easy, adaptable border plant that prefers moist, fertile soil and sun to part shade.

Family
Primulaceae (Primul family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season, especially in dry spells.
Soil
Moist, fertile, well-drained garden soil.
Temperature
Hardy in cold temperate climates; tolerates winter frost well.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Russian Far East to China and Japan (S. Honshu, N. Kyushu)
Climate
temperate

About

Lysimachia barystachys, the Manchurian yellow loosestrife, is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae. It is widely distributed in northern, eastern and central China, Far Eastern Russia, the Korean Peninsula and Japan, and has been introduced in the US state of Georgia. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Other Lysimachia plants

Lysimachia monelli · Pimpernel · Scarlet pimpernel · Fringed loosestrife · Gooseneck yellow loosestrife · Dense Flowered Loosestrife · Lysimachia ephemerum · Sea-milkwort · Creeping jenny · Dotted Loosestrife · Yellow Loosestrife

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lysimachia barystachys by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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