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Lysimachia nummularia
Creeping Jenny
Lysimachia nummularia runs flat along the ground on thin stems set with small round leaves, rooting as it goes, and in a season it will knit into a continuous mat 50 millimetres deep. The golden-leaved form is the one usually specified, and it holds a strong lime-yellow all season.
It is a moisture plant, at its best at a pond edge, along a rill or spilling over the lip of a raised planter, and it will not carry a dry exposed site.
Specifications
- Height0.05 to 0.1 metres
- Width0.4 to 1 metre, spreading by rooting stems
- Native toEurope and western Asia
- FoliageSmall, rounded, coin-shaped leaves in bright green or golden yellow; evergreen to semi-evergreen
- Growth rateFast
Conditions
- SoilPrefers moist, humus-rich soils; tolerates heavy ground and pond margins
- LightFull sun to partial shade; the golden form holds best colour in dappled light
- WaterRegular; requires consistent moisture and will not tolerate drying out
- ClimateThrives in cool and warm temperate regions
Additional Features
- FlowersSmall bright yellow cup-shaped flowers along the stems in summer
- UsesPond and rill margins, planter edges, paving joints, shaded ground layers and green roof infill
- SpacingPlant 0.2 to 0.3 metres apart for cover within a season
- Low MaintenanceTrim back at the edges to hold it inside the bed; no other routine care
- Pest ResistanceGenerally trouble free; watch for slugs in wet shaded positions
- Erosion ControlRooting stems bind soil on damp banks and margins
- VersatilityWorks as a flat ground layer, a spilling planter edge and a shallow marginal
Creeping Jenny is the mat-forming ground cover to specify where the site is damp and the finished level needs to read as a single flat green plane.
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Prepared 09 September 2026