Lysimachia?

[Paul T]

Howdy All,

This Lysimachia I picked up at a nursery last week.  Knocking it carefully out of the pot I cannot see any runners (unlike L. clethroides for example), and there are a good supply of roots in the pot so I think there would have been by now if there were going to be?  The leaves have a white-ish stripe down the middle of them, and I have found them hard to photograph.  Hopefully the pic is good enough to see them?  The colour of the flowers is a good red-purple, which is why I had to buy it. 

Any ideas as to what it might be?  I'm assuming that the genus Lysimachia is correct for it, but if not please let me know.

Thanks in anticipation.

[John Proctor]

Lysimachia atropurpurea

John

[Plantaholic Sheila]

Looks like Lysimachia atropurpurea Beaujolais. See....

http://images.google.com/images?q=Lysimachia%20atropurpurea%20Beaujolais&rls=p,com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7SUNA&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi

[Paul T]

Thanks to you both.  Yes, it definitely does look like atropurpurea, in fact it looks almost identical to that first pic in the link of atropurpurea 'Beaujolais'.  Thanks.

What are the difference between that variety and the straight species?

[akoen]

I don't know the difference but I think this one is biennial.

[Paul T]

Ah, so it needs to be resown from seed then does it?  That would mean that the 'Beaujolais' is a seed strain then, rather than a cultivar itself?  Would striking cuttings every year keep it going OK?  Thanks for the warning of it's short life-span. 

[Tony Willis]

I do not think it is biennial, I think it just dies without much of a fight. Cultivation needs on the label vary from wet heavy clay to well drained alkaline soil. To say there is not much difference is an understatement and sounds like a sales pitch. I have the wet heavy clay and it is instant death, a good way to waste money on a beautiful plant. We have given up on it.

[akoen]

I sow this in 2005. It bloom in 2006 and died then. I had it in well drained soil.
Secret seeds call it biennial.

[Maggi Young]

Anne Karin, many thanks, I do not think I have heard of Secret Seeds before....I will now enjoy reading their lists!
 

[akoen]

Anne Karin, many thanks, I do not think I have heard of Secret Seeds before....I will now enjoy reading their lists!
 

  I believe it is in UK.
It is a reliable firm.

[Carlo]

Well, it is a secret after all...

[akoen]

Well, it is a secret after all...

  Then I am happy to contribute with some knowledge from Norway

[gote]

A really strange L. I have never before seen anyone not with yellow open flowers.
Interesting
Göte

[Carlo]

But what about Lysimachia clethroides? This vigorous L. has white flowers.

...and Anne, your English is wonderful, NOT rusty.

[Paul T]

Carlo,

You're not wrong about vigorous!!    I think the plant is wonderful, but it is staying in a pot if at all possible as I have visions of it taking over the garden with all those runners.