LYTHRUM salicaria 'Feuerkerze' (Firecandle)
Medium
Sun
Pink
Moisture retentive soil
Summer
RHS Award of Garden Merit
100% Peat Free
Description
Height x Spread: 90cm x 50cm
'Feuerkerze' also known as 'Firecandle' is a cultivar of Lythrum, it is a clump-forming herbaceous perennial. Rose-red flower spikes appear during midsummer.
A sunny site with a moisture retentive soil is preferable, boggy situations are ideal. Deadhead after flowering to avoid self-seeding, lift and divide large clumps during spring.
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