Description
Creeping Jenny. Lysimachia nummularia.
Creeping Jenny, Lysimachia nummularia, is a British native plant. It has rounded leaves and cup-shaped yellow flowers 2cm in diameter. This low, spreading plant is excellent for covering the edges of ponds and containers or in pond margins and bog gardens. It is also a good plant for growing over raised pond walls. It will grow in damp soil or up to six inches of water. Creeping Jenny provides a good habitat for wildlife providing shelter for a range of aquatic animals. Because of this plants low growing creeping style it is a favourite for frogs and newts to lay their eggs providing good cover in the broad leaves as well as early cover for tadpoles when they start to emerge. The flowers are nectar rich providing a food source for the pollinators as well a growing out giving them places to land to access the flowers.
- Native to the UK
- Flowering from June to August but the foliage provides interest from April right through to October given the right weather conditions
- Plant depth 0-15cm (0-6in)of water or in moist/wet soil.
- Height to 8cm (3in).
- Plant directly in soil or in a planting basket.
- Fully hardy cut back after flowering. If you float the cuttings in water they will produce white roots that can be potted on to make new plants.
- We would recommend a planting basket of at least 11cm across for one plant or, for more impact, plant several of the same variety in a larger basket.
- We ship all marginal water plants bare root, this means that we wash the soil off before packing plants. During the summer months we may need to trim some of the foliage back for shipping.
- Contact us if you require more information we are available for 08:30am to 16:30pm Monday to Friday and via email. Our team would be happy to help with any queries you may have.
