Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia)

Creeping Jenny | Lysimachia nummularia

Low growing trailing pond plant with bright yellow flowers and cascading foliage

Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia) is a highly versatile and visually striking UK native marginal plant, perfect for softening pond edges, filling gaps in planting schemes, and adding vibrant colour to both large ponds and smaller container water features. Known for its trailing stems and rounded leaves, this plant creates a natural, flowing look as it gently cascades over rocks, pond liners, and basket edges.

During the summer months, typically from June to August, Creeping Jenny produces masses of cheerful golden yellow flowers that sit just above the foliage. These bright blooms contrast beautifully against its fresh green leaves and help attract bees and other pollinators, making it a valuable addition to any wildlife friendly pond.

One of the standout features of Creeping Jenny is its ability to spread and form dense ground cover. This helps to suppress weeds, stabilise soil around pond edges, and provide essential shelter for amphibians such as frogs and newts. Its trailing habit also makes it ideal for softening harsh lines in formal ponds or creating a more natural, relaxed look in wildlife ponds.

This plant thrives in consistently moist to wet conditions and can be planted in shallow water or damp soil around the pond edge. It performs well in both full sun and partial shade, although flowering is often more prolific in sunnier positions. Creeping Jenny is also well suited to container ponds, where it can spill beautifully over the sides, adding depth and visual interest to smaller water features.

Fully hardy in the UK, this is a reliable, low maintenance plant that returns year after year. While it is not as aggressive as some spreading pond plants, it does benefit from occasional trimming to keep it neat and prevent it from encroaching on neighbouring plants.

Whether you are looking to enhance a wildlife pond, soften a formal water feature, or add greenery to a container pond, Creeping Jenny is an excellent choice that combines practicality with ornamental appeal.

🇬🇧 UK-grown aquatic plant: Grown at a dedicated aquatic plant nursery in the South of England and carefully prepared for delivery across the UK.

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Key Benefits

• Bright yellow flowers add colour through summer
• Trailing growth softens pond edges and containers
• Excellent ground cover for weed suppression
• Provides shelter for frogs, newts and pond wildlife
• Ideal for both ponds and container water features
• Fully hardy and easy to grow in UK conditions

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Reasons to Buy

• Perfect for naturalising pond margins
• Great for cascading over rocks and edges
• Suitable for small ponds and container planting
• Helps stabilise soil and reduce erosion
• Low maintenance and reliable growth

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Care Instructions

• Place on a marginal shelf or in damp soil at a depth of 0 cm to 20 cm, measured from the top of the basket to the water surface.
• Creeping Jenny thrives in consistently moist conditions and should not be allowed to dry out. For best flowering, position in full sun or partial shade. Trim back excess growth during the season to keep it tidy and prevent overcrowding. Divide clumps every few years in spring to maintain strong, healthy growth.

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Flowering Period

June to August

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Size and Growing Conditions

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Dispatching Your Pond Plants

Your Creeping Jenny will be carefully packed to protect the foliage and roots during transit.

Orders received by 11am Monday to Wednesday are normally dispatched on the following working day using a next working day courier service. During busy periods, dispatch may occasionally take an extra day.

To avoid plants being held in depots over a weekend, we do not usually dispatch on Fridays. Highlands and Islands orders using a two day service are not normally dispatched on Thursdays.

Available basket sizes:

• Pack of 3 × 9cm Pots
• 1 Litre Basket – usually 11 × 11 × 11cm square; some varieties may be supplied in a 14cm diameter × 10cm round basket
• Pack of 3 × 1 Litre Baskets – each usually 11 × 11 × 11cm square
• 3 Litre Hexagonal Basket – 18 × 18 × 16cm

Planting depth is measured from the top of the aquatic basket to the water surface.

Plants supplied in 9cm pots require potting into suitable aquatic baskets before being placed in the pond.

Finofil baskets are manufactured in the UK from 100% recycled plastic and are fully recyclable. Their fine dual-mesh construction helps retain aquatic soil while allowing water and nutrients to reach the roots. Basket shape may vary slightly depending on the plant and supplier availability.

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Similar pond plants

For another pond-edge planting option, compare Golden Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’) and Crowborough Arum Lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica ‘Crowborough’). Explore the Lysimachia pond plant group to compare the whole collection.

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