I am trying to identify a plant.

JuneBug48 6/17/2017, 1:19 pm

A fellow gardener passed along a plot to me last year(2016), and said her Grandmother gave it to her å said it was called Yellow Bells. I have searched many resources, including my personal extensive gardenia library, my extension office, common name cross reference books, the internet, other gardeners, etc. I still have no clue as to the botanical name of this plant. Sad

photo by Alain T.
I am trying to identify a plant. Yellow10

JuneBug48 6/17/2017, 1:23 pm

that last post should have read "passed along a plant to me'. I apologize for not taking a closer look before hitting the send button. Embarassed

BeetlesPerSqFt 6/17/2017, 4:14 pm

How about Lysimachia punctata?:
http://www.florafinder.com/Species/Lysimachia_punctata.php

JuneBug48 6/17/2017, 4:23 pm

looks like you nailed it!

BeetlesPerSqFt 6/17/2017, 7:12 pm

**AtlantaMarie** 6/17/2017, 7:26 pm

Hi Junebug! Welcome from Atlanta, GA! Glad you've joined us. You'll find a wealth of all SORTS of good info here, lol!

Way to go Beetles! :-)

CapeCoddess 6/18/2017, 5:16 pm

JuneBug48 wrote:A fellow gardener passed along a plot to me last year(2016), and said her Grandmother gave it to her å said it was called Yellow Bells. I have searched many resources, including my personal extensive gardenia library, my extension office, common name cross reference books, the internet, other gardeners, etc. I still have no clue as to the botanical name of this plant.
photo by Alain T.

I have the variegated version of this loosestrife, called 'Golden Alexander'. It's very well behaved.
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**Scorpio Rising** 6/18/2017, 6:09 pm

Yes, I have this plant too, very pretty, well behaved, not invasive. No care at all! I also have purple loostrife, and a white gooseneck variety. Love them all, but the white gooseneck needs to be reined in regularly....

JuneBug48 6/20/2017, 2:31 pm

Yes, I, too, have this plant and it does try to move into the adjacent area.

**Scorpio Rising** 6/20/2017, 8:19 pm

JuneBug48 wrote:Yes, I, too, have this plant and it does try to move into the adjacent area.

The white is the only one that I have to contain. I love them though, and so do the pollinators!

**Kelejan** 6/21/2017, 12:12 am

I funny incident from last year regarding this plant. I visited our Farmers' Market and I saw a pot marked Loosetrife and was about to buy it, when the vendor kindly looked it up in a beautiful book he had been given that illustrated hundreds of flowers.

You guessed it; I already had it in my garden for years. So the poor vendor lost out by being helpful.

But I did buy a couple of Hollyhocks that gave a lovely splash of colour in the garden last year and will so again this year so I was well pleased.

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