species
Lysimachia nummularia
Creeping Jenny
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Lysimachia nummularia belongs to the family Primulaceae, also known as Creeping Jenny, native to the UK. It reaches 10 cm tall and 60 cm across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun or part shade, on loam or clay soil, where the ground is acid, neutral or alkaline and in moist or poorly drained conditions, and suits average positions. It flowers from June to July and is evergreen. Its RHS hardiness rating is H7 (very hardy): Below −20°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 10 cm tall × 60 cm across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H7 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Loam, Clay
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Moist, Poorly drained
- Exposure
- Average
- In the UK
- Native
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Evergreen — it holds its leaves through the winter.
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