Groups working to control purple loosestrife started releasing the beetle across Canada in the '90s, Bourchier said. In Manitoba, Ross said those efforts began in 1992 and have continued ever since.

In the battle against purple loosestrife, state environmentalists are deploying a fickle army to help eradicate the noxious, imported weed from valuable wetland areas. Since 1994, state officials ...

These are the flowers of purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), an invasive plant that you should not encourage — but that you probably can’t get rid of once established.

Over the summer, I saw a pretty plant with purple flowers growing along the expressway and would like to get it for my garden. It appears to be a tough plant. What is this and where can I find it?

“Exotic invasive” plants are very much with us and long have been since the English and French came here from across the sea. Botanists guess as many as half our plant species may not be native.

Purple loosestrife is native to Europe and Asia, and likely came to North America accidentally in the ballast water of a ship about 220 years ago, during the European colonization of this continent.

Contribution by: Tualatin SWCD www.swcd.net The July edition of Weed of the Month focuses on an invasive species that is completely un-American: purple loosestrife. Learn more about how this plant ...

The galerucella beetle, which help eliminate purple loosestrife, comes from Europe. To give plants a fighting chance, the biocontrol project introduced one of the galerucella beetle species.

Hello beetles, goodbye purple loosestrife Commission OKs beetle release to control invasive plants. Steve Zucker (231) 439-9346 - [email protected]. The Petoskey News-Review.

Over the summer, I saw a pretty plant with purple flowers growing along the expressway and would like to get it for my garden. It appears to be a tough plant. What is this and where can I find it?