Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
- Flowering period
- June–September
- Nectar
- gut
- Pollen
- gut
Purple Loosestrife flowers from June to September in long purple-red spikes at pond edges, ditches and in wet meadows. Both nectar and pollen value are rated good. It needs wet to alternately moist, nutrient- and base-rich clay and loam soils. Because it flowers on for months and also produces in wet summers, it is a reliable addition to the summer flow.
Sources (6)
- Trachtpflanzen-Katalog Bienenroute: Blutweiderich
- Bienenweidekatalog Baden-Württemberg, Ministerium für Ernährung, Ländlichen Raum und Verbraucherschutz mit Universität Hohenheim
- Bienenweidepflanzen für den Hausgarten, Bayerische Landesanstalt für Weinbau und Gartenbau (LWG) Veitshöchheim
- Filipiak, Walczyńska, Denisow, Petanidou, Ziółkowska (2022): Phenology and production of pollen, nectar and sugar in 1612 plant species from various environments
- Baude, Kunin, Memmott (2015): Nectar sugar values of common British plant species [AgriLand]
- Baude, Kunin, Davies, Wright, Memmott (2025): Pollen production values of common British plant species