Golden Creeping Jenny
Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea'
$20.00
A spectacular groundcover choice, vigorous yet not overly aggressive, with uniquely paired bright golden leaves all season and attractive yellow flowers throughout the summer; almost indestructible, a colorful groundcover for shady sites
Features and Growing Tips
Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.
Landscape Qualities
Golden Creeping Jenny is a dense spreading perennial with a ground-hugging habit of growth. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.
Planting and Growing
and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an herbaceous perennial, and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!, Golden Creeping Jenny will grow to be only 4 inches tall at maturity, individual plants should be spaced approximately 18 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. It grows at a fast rate, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, with a spread of 24 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant
as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation., This plant does best in partial shade to shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions
Plant Facts
Prefers partial shade to shade
Keep moisture level average to moist
Mature Size 4"Hx24"W
Flowers are gold with soft fragrance
Flowers from late spring to mid summer
Attracts bees
Zone 2a
Likes average to moist soil