Golden Creeping Jenny

Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-9b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Evergreen Groundcover

Height or Length at Maturity: 1-2″

Width at Maturity: 1-2’+
Spacing: 12-24″ for mass planting

Growth Habit / Form: Mat-Forming, Dense, Spreading/Trailing

Growth Rate: Moderate to Fast

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Fragrant Flowers: N/A

Foliage Color: Bright Golden Yellow, Orange cast in Winter

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: No

Sun Needs: Shade, Morning Sun with Afternoon Shade, Filtered or Dappled Sun

Water Needs: Average

Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sand, Silt

Soil Drainage: Well Drained or Moderately Drained

Soil pH: 5.5 – 7.5

Maintenance / Care: Low

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect

Description

We just can’t get enough Golden Creeping Jenny in our gardens! Though it’s a super-fast grower that quickly fills a space, its soft vines make Creeping Jenny very easy to manage and keep in bounds. The bright golden yellow foliage is a wonderful contrast to other plants in the garden or in pots. Looks especially nice around plants with red, burgundy, purple or dark green foliage. In cooler climates the foliage turns orange during winter. Though it doesn’t look like it would be cold hardy, Creeping Jenny can handle temperatures down to 30 degrees below zero Fahrenheit!

Landscape & Garden Uses

Because it’s so colorful, quickly fills a space, and is low maintenance, we use Creeping Jenny extensively in our gardens as a groundcover, border, spiller over walls, or as an underplanting for shrubs and trees. Perfect for use between widely-spaced stepping stones. It’s also ideal for planting in pots or hanging baskets, where it spills over the edges. It tolerates wet soils so we even have it growing in pots situated in the margins of our garden pond. A fine addition to shade gardens, yellow theme gardens, woodland and Asian theme gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 18 to 24 inches apart for mass plantings

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Growing Preferences

Creeping Jenny will grow in a wide range of moist to damp soils of average to even low fertility. In our gardens it does best in part shade though will tolerate full sun with adequate moisture. With 4 to 5 hours of sun per day it holds its golden color throughout the season. In shade the foliage color is chartreuse to lime green. USDA Zones 4a-9b Find Your Zone >

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Purchased 5-4” pot Golden Jenny. Arrived as promised in time and quality. Planted in containers on back patio. Time will tell. Overall Wilson Bros Garden has been consistent in product quality. Pricing is pushing the top and they appear to be out of stock frequently. I frequently review their product line looking for plants that are not available locally.———————————————You can always put your name on the Waiting List for plants that are Out Of Stock, we will send you an email when they are available. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

The plants came in short order and were packaged very well and were beautiful and very healthy.—————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Items arrived quickly, were wrapped well for shipping, and plants were healthy and in excellent condition.—————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Hi Wilson Brothers!
I just received my Creeping Jenny plants, which I should have waited till the weather got warmer.
They are in great condition, and will take care according to your directions.
I love you guys! I’ve ordered before and am happy with the size and care of the plants you have given to them.
I’ll be ordering soon again! Thanks Brothers and associates!—————————————————-Wow! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Third order of the season…could not be happier!
I live in a large city but don’t want to drive around to 3-5 nurseries to find plants.
Wilson Brothers Gardens makes it convenient and saves me tons of drive time.
I really like the variety of pot sizes and the shipping & packing is incredible!————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks so much for the awesome review and the kind words! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG