Purple Loosestrife 'Morden Pink'

I have seen several statements about its invasiveness and being banned in many states. No problem here in Missouri yet. Also about its be...Read Moreing sterile, I've had my plants for over 7 years now and never have I seen seedlings until last year. I let them grow in the pots they germinated in and over-winter. I pulled them this Spring and planted them. I guess I will see what happens with their flowering. Then, hundreds of seedlings popped a couple of weeks ago. Looks like from one plant. I've saved around seventy-five to see what happens with them. I started with one rhizome cutting and through splitting and cuttings have twenty-one very large and flourishing plants. I receive all sorts of complements about them. Lots of mulch, fertilzer and keep them wet and they are happy. Bees love them.

Yes this is a pretty plant, but there are others which make a similar effect and don't have such a REALLY bad reputation. Cultivars are n...Read Moreot necessarily less fertile. Over time plants can revert to their previous behavior, a problem for later. Besides the more purchases the more growers will produce bad plants for sale. Besides, you can't be sure the plant is the supposedly sterile one. We have that problem with broom here in California. Retail outlets keep placing these bad plants on display every spring. They look wonderful and the nursery clerks will tell you they are sterile. But I know from my research that attempts to sterilize these plants has been very limited.

I completely agree with the last comment. Have grown Morden's Pink and Morden's Gleam for over 25 years. One of my favorites, never a problem.

Love this plant. It has been banned in my state, sure glad I had bought one years before the plant was put on the noxious weed list. I'...Read Moreve had mine in the garden for 15-20 years now and have never had any problems... Can be tough to divide as it's root system becomes woody, need to saw it into sections.

I see where member Paulwhwest posted picture of this plant growing at the Dallas Arboretum. It seems unlikely they would grow a Texas inv...Read Moreasive plant (though it certainly sounds invasive in other states, areas). Can anyone authoritatively speak to whether it is invasive in Dallas, TX? I will dig mine up if it is. (Note - the neutral rating is a default rating since I just planted mine and am uncertain about plant status).

This plant grows in part shade & loamy soil. I haven't yet seen it flower but it grew back after winter from it roots. It came back twice...Read More the size when i planted it last year. I mulched it like all of my plants in mixed beds. In Texas mulch saves your sanity. :) Its nice when you have something that grows vigorous. I'd tell anyone to go & get one. Its an awesome plant. Even if its called invasive i think its pretty & i don't live by a rive/lake.

Very showy plant and very attractive to bees.
It appears, on present evidence, that 'Morden Pink' only looses its self incompatabi...Read Morelity and produces seeds when it is around wild forms of purple loosestrife. It would be irresponsible to use this and other purple loosestrife cultivars around wetlands. The evidence of seeding within gardens appears to negative, but it is apparently all anecdotal. The push to ban the cultivars seems to have obviated the need for scientific research on the possibilities of the cultivars seeding in garden settings.

This Purple Loosestrife is illegal to grow in most states. I work on trying to get rid of this plant in the wild and prevent people from ...Read Moregrowing it. Every late July and August the plants starts to lay seeds, it can produce any where between 1 million to just over 2.6 million seeds a year. It may a be a pretty plant but it is INVASIVE!! It is very degrading to shorelines where fish spawn.

'Morden's Pink' is a cultivar. Although some cultivars are said to be sterile, we have learned that the offspring of same are often times...Read More not sterile, but being a hybrid, seeds won't grow out like the parent plant.

I believe the research shows that 'Morden's Pink" was pollinated by the wild loosestrife, not the other way around. If no wild loosestrif...Read Moree is present, why not enjoy this beautiful cultivar?

Lythrum salicaria, L. virgatum, and all of their hybrids are responsible for a devastating amount of damage to North American wetlands. A...Read Mores stated above, even self-fertile hybrids can contribute hugely to the problem, by pollinating wild-growing stands.

Purple Loosestrife is regulated in most areas of North American, and banned in many areas.

This species is considered self-fertile. However, research has shown that sterility occurs only when no wild species are growing in the ...Read Morevicinity.

According to Armitage, when 'Morden Pink' or 'Morden Gleam' was planted near wild Lythrum salicaria the resulting seed was over 80% viable.