Lysimachia nummularia creeping jenny nurseries online. Lysimachia nummularia primulaceae naturalised in new south. Goldii spreads rapidly to form attractive mats of small, rounded, lime colored leaves, studded with fragrant bright yellow flowers in late spring and early summer. Dependable groundcovering perennial for areas where other plants fail. Heres our guide to planting it and helping it thrive. Lysimachia nummularia aurea is simply specatacular when allowed to spill over retaining walls or container edges. Most groundcover plants are a bit to very invasive and thats normal, considering that we choose groundcovers specifically for their ability to cover ground. I have used in extensively as a low growing border plant, intertwined with lamium. Lysimachia nummularia aurea is a perennial with visually striking foliage. Golden creeping jenny is much more restrained in habit than the more common green type. Find plants you love and create idea boards for all your projects. Lysimachia nummularia aurea golden creeping jennyrhs.
Quite suitable for a moist area where fast spreading is needed, perfect for a rain garden or even submerged as a water plant. It is rather shallowrooted so is fairly easy to dig out should it move into an area where it is unwanted, and does best with regular watering. The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of lysimachia plant, botanically known as lysimachia congestiflora and hereinafter referred to by the name midnight sun the new lysimachia plant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the. Requires moderate watering only, hardy and low maintenance. They are neat in that all of the flowers tend to reach out towards the sun in the same direction, giving a cascading appearance. To create an idea board, sign in or create an account. Lysimachia congestiflora midnight sun creeping jenny midnight sun will reach a height of 0. Golden moneywort, creeping charlie, creeping jenny excellent, fast spreading groundcover, lysimachia aurea forms a leafy mat only 3 tall. The species name, nummularia, comes from the latin word for coin, referring to the small, nearly circular leaves. Also known as golden creeping jenny, it has small, round. Lysimachia congestiflora midnight sun creeping jenny moneywort. Members of the lysimachia genus are usually upright hardy perennials that reach from 30 to 90 cm in height. Its common names include moneywort, creeping jenny, herb twopence and twopenny grass. Plants spread by rhizomes and selfseeding in optimum growing conditions to form large colonies.
Lysimachia midnight sun 150mm pot dawsons garden world. Golden creeping jenny lysimachia nummularia aurea from. Native to europe but naturalized to eastern north america, its rounded golden leaves form on trailing stems with small, bright yellow flowers appearing in the summer. Grow in humusrich, moist but welldrained soil in full sun or partial shade. Real twilight fans read midnight sun in 2008 instyle. There is little or no evidence to support that lysimachia nummularia has significant beneficial effects in the great lakes. The foliage ranges from lime green to soft chartreuse in shade to a brassy gold in full sun. This species has been used for ornamental purposes because of the attractive yellow flowers and because the plant occasionally attracts bees missouri botanical garden 20. Grown in shade the leaves will be lime green or chartreuse. Lysimachia are a very hardy, low growing ground cover and can be grown as a low border.
To give your plant the best start possible, we include free fertilizer with every order. Lysimachia congestiflora midnight sun pbr rhs plants for pollinators plants this plant will provide nectar and pollen for bees and the many other types of pollinating insects. Very vigorous, awardwinning lysimacha nummularia aurea golden creeping jenny is a lowgrowing evergreen perennial forming an attractive mat of rounded to heartshaped leaves, 1 in. Plants form a low mat of bright green rounded leaves, bearing bright goldenyellow flowers from late spr. Lysimachia nummularia is an herbaceous, lowgrowing, perennial plant in the primrose family. Lysimachia midnight sun is a new compact lysimachia with an improved growth habit. In traditional chinese medicine, lysimachia whole plant is used to treat stone lin syndrome, which encompasses gall stones and urinary bladder stones. Inspirational gardening lysimachia congestifolia midnight sun. Plants form a low mat of butteryellow leaves, bearing bright goldenyellow flowers from late spring into the summer.
Aurea is an underused perennial that is easy to grow in any moist soil and which blooms yellow in early summer. Lysimachia midnight sun is a brilliant spiller, ground cover, border, potted or hanging basket plant. A vigorously spreading ground cover for moist woodland soil, at waters edge, on banks, or cascading over walls. The smooth creeping stems branch frequently and can grow up to 2 ft m long and 24 in 5.
Lysimachia ephemerum is a taller species that adds a little height to the garden and grows is full sun to part shade. Lysimachia congestiflora midnight sun creeping jenny. Plants profile for lysimachia nummularia creeping jenny. Use lysimachia midnight sun in combination with other potted plants to add some variety.
Plant profile for lysimachia nummularia aurea golden. Krypfredlaus pengebladet fredlos suikeroalpi creepingjenny. Lysimachia species, creeping jenny, creeping yellow loosestrife. Lysimachia nummularia this is a beautiful, creeping perennial with green foliage for light shade or sun that is well suited to use as a ground cover or as an accent plant in moist sites or in wellwatered containers. Plant profile for lysimachia nummularia creeping jenny.
Part sun to full shade gardens with relatively fertile soils. Midnight sun is a colourful groundcover with green and dark chocolate foliage which cascades forming a very dense mat. National plant germplasm system covid19 update, march 23, 2020. It blooms better in half day sun, but do manage to get a few blooms in the shade. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. All plant orders placed now through winter will ship spring 2020 according to your plant zone. Creeping jenny is a useful plant all around the garden. Lysimachia congestifolia midnight sun botanical name. This carpeting perennial is native to europe but naturalized in the eastern united states. This variety has golden leaves whose color is best maintained in full sun. Roots where leaf nodes come in contact with the soil.
Creeping jenny was brought to finland as an ornamental, and its limp stem creeps along the ground. Another obvious difference is the shape of the leaves. The leaves form a dense mat and will smother any weeds in their path. Penningblad lysimachia nummularia, aven myntlysing och penningarv ar en art i familjen ardisiavaxter. Prune to shape, this will help to improve the shape and return them to a dense mat. The prostrate, creeping stems make excellent ground cover around pond margins and, being evergreen, are useful for concealing the edges of. Creeping jenny, lysimachia nummularia flowers naturegate. The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive. Imazo akvarievaxter vaxt i kruka lysimachia nummularia aure en snabbt vaxande art som aven odlas ovan vattenytan. The midnight foliage marries perfectly with the sunshine yellow flowers. Wildlife, ground cover, cottageinformal, containers, beds and borders. Lysimachia species, creeping jenny, creeping yellow.
Yellow loosestrife can be in vasive in cooler climates, but is not vigorous in zones 7 and 8. How to grow lysimachia plants in your garden gardeners hq guide to growing creeping charlie, creeping jenny, loosestrife, and moneywort. Lysimachia nummularia, commonly called moneywort or creeping jenny. I use it in containers for a wonderful burst of foliage color, and in the ground, both in shade and half day sun. Chocolate moneywort or denseflowered loosestrife is a semi evergreen groundcover. The 5petaled flowers can be shaped liked stars, saucers, or cups, and are most often white or yellow, and sometimes pink and purple.
The purplish chocolate foliage is covered with golden bell like flowers in spring. Lysimachia is a vigorous, trailing perennial, commonly known as creeping jenny. Easily grown in moist, humusrich, welldrained soils in full sun to part shade. Wikimedia commons has media related to lysimachia nummularia. How to grow lysimachia plants in your garden gardeners hq. For the best color, situate the plant so it receives morning sun. Yellow flowers form clusters at the end of the foliage during spring. Ive had great success with this plant in my zone 5 126 garden, sun or partial shade. Lysimachia nummularia, commonly called moneywort or creeping jenny, is a lowgrowing, creeping ground cover which forms a leafy mat only 24 tall. Excellent, fast spreading groundcover, lysimachia aurea forms a leafy mat only 3 tall.
Lysimachia congestiflora midnight sun is a musthave new creeping jenny. Not invasive like the common green type, golden pennywort forms a low super dense weedsuppressing mat to only 2 tall and 2 wide, filling in bare spots and weaving itself between plants. Covered with cup shaped yellow blooms early summer. It is a colourful ground cover with green and dark chocolate foliage which cascades forming a very compact and dense mat. Best known for her twilight series, stephenie meyers fourbook collection has sold over 100 million copies globally in over 50 countries, with translations in 37. Golden jenny is a nice pick me up in a woodland setting and is remarkable over flower bulbs. Loves moist damp area but will adapt to low water area as well. Before requesting germplasm, scientists should consider their capacity to receive it. Lysimachia nummularia aurea golden pennywort buy online. Its a lovelylooking plant, and it spreads a little every year, but only a little. Quite suitable for a moist area where fast spreading is needed, perfect for a rain garden or even. Jun 22, 2017 creeping jenny lysimachia nummularia is a ground cover that grows fast in the shade and is good for bordering a garden path or filling out a container.
It features rounded, slightly ruffled, leaves to 34 diameter. The genus lysimachia includes about 150 species of herbaceous and evergreen perennials and shrubs, mainly growing in damp grassland and woodland or near water in subtropical regions. Woolly thyme thymus pseudolanuginosus, zone 3, ftr. Plants prefer some afternoon shade, but flowers and foliage of yellowleaved cultivars usually show best yellow color in full sun. The plants in half day sun are a pretty chartruese, while the plants in the shade remain more green. A fastgrowing and vigorous groundcover, creeping jenny also known as moneywort brings mats of lowlying chartreuse color to gardens and containers. Thrives in damp soils which will often kill off other types of ground covers.
Lysimachia zawadzkii wiesner is a species of flowering plant in the family primulaceae. Lysimachia, creeping jenny, moneywort lysimachia nummularia. Find help and information on lysimachia congestiflora midnight sun creeping jenny moneywort denseflowered loosestrife golden globes, including varieties. White flowers in spring to summer and good grey green foliage. Lysimachia congestiflora midnight sun pbr rhs gardening. Genus lysimachia are herbaceous or evergreen perennials with simple leaves and starshaped, cupped or bowlshaped flowers in terminal racemes or panicles, or solitary in leaf axils details very vigorous evergreen perennial forming a wide mat of creeping stems clothed in small, rounded or ovate, goldenyellow leaves. Lysimachia creeping jenny midnight sun floral acres. Proven winners goldilocks creeping jenny lysimachia nummularia none plant details, information and resources.
Golden creeping jenny, lysimachia nummularia aurea master. Grows 2 tall and spreads like sun to pt shade and is hardy in zones 69. Blooming in early to midsummer, single, bright yellow, cupshaped flowers, 1. Fully hardy, moist soil, wet soil, water plants, semishade, full sun. Lysimachia is easy to grow and adapts to most conditions. In several areas i planted it, it did not even survive at all too little sun, maybe. How to grow creeping jenny, your ideal fastgrowing ground. Visit our plant shipping information page to find the spring ship schedule for your plant zone. Lysimachia midnight sun with its deep chocolate green foliage makes an excellent ground cover plant. Creeping jenny is a vigorous, spreading groundcover plant that can be very useful in moist, shady situations. Goldilocks creeping jenny lysimachia nummularia proven.
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