Lythrum thymifolia
Thymeleaf loosestrife
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full sun
Grass-poly flourishes when it receives a significant amount of sun each day, but it can also grow in places with moderate sunshine. For optimal development, it requires a brightly illuminated setting, mirroring its roots in bright, sunny ecosystems. Too much or too little sunlight can impede growth and result in health problems.
🌡️ Temperature 15–37.8°C
Grass-poly naturally occurs in surroundings with temperatures typically between 68 and 100.4°F (20 to 38°C). This plant prospers in such warm weather conditions and may necessitate temperature modifications during the cooler months.
💨 Humidity
🪴 Soil 6-7
🌱 Fertilizer
Grass-poly does well with regular, dilute fertilizer applications to encourage healthy leaf development. Fertilize Grass-poly about once a month throughout the summer. Nitrogen is important for foliage, and providing nitrogen-rich sources helps Grass-poly thrive.
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Annual
- Genus
- Lythrum
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 7-11
- Mature Height
- 10 cm to 61 cm
- Mature Spread
- 10 cm to 49 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- Pink, Lavender
- Flower Size
- 0.20 cm to 0.25 cm
- Bloom Time
- Summer
- Planting Time
- Spring, Autumn
- Harvest Time
- Late summer, Early fall, Mid fall
- Native Area
- Libya, Somalia, Egypt, Turkey, Austria, Slovakia, Montenegro, Eritrea, Slovenia, Morocco, Croatia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Russia, Iraq, Germany, Ethiopia, Romania, Belgium, Portugal, France, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Czech Republic, South Africa, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Poland, Armenia, Greece, Ukraine, Serbia, Chad, Lebanon, Syria, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Iran, Albania, Azerbaijan, United Kingdom, Hungary, Algeria, Turkmenistan