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Golden Creeping Jenny | Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea'

Glorious gold foliage sprinkled with flowers

Grown by Caroline

Enfield

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Golden Creeping Jenny | Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea' Pond Plants
Golden Creeping Jenny | Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea' Pond Plants
Golden Creeping Jenny | Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea' Pond Plants

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The highlights

  • Zone 2 - Pond Edges
  • Thrives in full sun or partial shade
  • Flowers throughout June and July
  • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

Description

  • Glorious golden foliage sprinkled with cup-shaped yellow flowers. Leaf colour varies from lime green to chartreuse in shade to a brassy gold in full sun
  • Summer flowering throughout June and July
  • A hardy native perennial plant with no known pests or diseases
  • Lysimachia can be used as a groundcover plant or blending in the edges of a pond as it will happily grow on dry ground or floating across the surface of the water. It will also hang gracefully from raised pond edges
  • Attracts bees and other beneficial pollinators
  • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

What To Expect

Supplied as:

Plant in 1L Aquatic Pot
Our 1L+ pond plants are supplied in Aquatic Pots which have a mesh-like structure allowing you to plant them straight into your pond. The pot maintains the root structure as it enters the water, but allows the plants to root out into the underlying soil.
3 Plants in 1L Aquatic Pots
3 Plants in 9cm Pots

Height on arrival:

Eventual height:

7-15cm

Eventual spread:

30-45cm
Spreads to between 30-45cm within 2-5 years
30-45cm
Spreads to between 30-45cm within 2-5 years
30-45cm
Spreads to between 30-45cm within 2-5 years

Time to first crop:

Flower colour:

Buttercup yellow
Cup shaped buttercup-like yellow flowers
Buttercup yellow
Cup shaped buttercup-like yellow flowers
Buttercup yellow
Cup shaped buttercup-like yellow flowers

Habit:

Mat-forming
A low growing plant that forms carpets of foliage
Mat-forming
A low growing plant that forms carpets of foliage
Mat-forming
A low growing plant that forms carpets of foliage

Hardiness:

Fully hardy
Very hardy - does not need winter protection.
Fully hardy
Very hardy - does not need winter protection.
Fully hardy
Very hardy - does not need winter protection.

Rootstock:

Spacing:

30cm
Position plants at least 30cm apart to allow for spreading

How To Grow

Pest and disease free

Virtually pest and disease free MORE

Keep well watered

Needs a permanently wet soil - do not allow soil to dry out.

Full sun to partial shade

Grows best in full sun but will be fine with some partial shade

Any moist, well drained soil

Any permanently moist or waterlogged soil - humus rich loam is ideal.

Feeding not required

No need to feed - this plant gets all the nutrients it needs from the soil. ?v=1613300718

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Enfield

Meet Caroline

A deep dive into sustainable gardening

Nestled amongst wildlife meadows and resident ducks, Caroline’s award winning pond plant nursery in Enfield has been making a splash since 1965, when they invented the (recycled, obvs) aquatic basket. Sixty years and multiple RHS gold medals later, they’re still surprising us with new varieties every year!

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Good to know

Our plants are grown 
in the UK

Specialist UK growers we know and trust grow your plants the traditional way, with organic fertiliser and biological pest control. They pick only the healthiest plants for you, professionally pruning them so that they’ll grow strong and well shaped.

Our plants are delivered overnight

Your plants are sent to you fresh from the field in our plastic free box that’s specially designed to hold them tight, then securely delivered by specialist plant couriers - straight from the grower to your garden within 
24 hours.

We're here to help at every step

We want your plants to have a long and healthy life. Expect easy-to-follow grow guides and videos devised by our team 
of experts.

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We’re confident that you’ll be delighted 
with your new plants. Need help? Alice and her team are here to guarantee you’re 
perfectly happy.

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When will I get my plants?

The delivery timescale for each plant is on the web page (near the 'add to basket's button). You'll receive a dispatch email with an exact delivery date once your plants are on their way, so you can get the garden ready.

How will my plants be packed and delivered?

We send all of our orders through a courier network designed to handle plants. Specialist equipment ensures that no plants will be damaged during the packing process and every order is carefully finished and checked by plant-loving humans. Your plants will arrive in the most sustainable packaging possible with minimal to no plastic used.

Where do you deliver?

We deliver to anywhere in Mainland UK for our standard delivery cost. We are able to deliver most plants to Highlands and non UK mainland however this will be at an additional cost. This will be calculated at the checkout. Please note, deliveries to these locations will take longer. Unfortunately, we are not able to deliver to Northern Ireland at present.

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