" Lythrum salicaria"
Purple Loosestrife

 

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From mid to end of Summer
 
 
Being a plant that, in the wild, grows next to the currents of water, it precises a very abundant and continuous watering.
  
 
From seeds and by means of division. It has got a great self-reproductive capacity by means of seeds that are very abundant and, dispersed by the water or for other factors, can remain latent during a lot of time. This reproduction system transforms it into an invasive plant . One can also take advantage of the many sprouts it developes to reproduce it.
 
 
Sol o semiombra.
  
   
From seeds and by means of division. It has got a great self-reproductive capacity by means of seeds that are very abundant and , dispersed by the water or by other vectors, can remain latent during a lot of time. This reproduction system transforms it into an invasive plant . One can also take advantage of the many yound sprouts it developes to reproduce it.
  
 
Peaty soil rich in humus , with a good drainage
 

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