Golden Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’)

Golden Creeping Jenny | Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’

Bright golden trailing pond plant perfect for margins, containers, and softening edges

Golden Creeping Jenny is one of the best plants you can add if you want instant colour and impact around your pond. Unlike the standard green variety, Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’ stands out with its vibrant golden yellow foliage, which creates a bright, eye catching contrast against darker water, stone, and surrounding plants.

This low growing, creeping perennial forms a dense carpet of rounded leaves that trail naturally across pond edges, spill over rocks, and cascade beautifully from container ponds. From June to August, it produces small but cheerful yellow flowers that blend seamlessly with the foliage, adding even more colour during the summer months.

Golden Creeping Jenny is incredibly versatile. It can be used as a marginal plant in shallow water, planted into damp soil around pond edges, or used in containers and water features where it softens hard edges and adds a natural finish. It is especially effective when allowed to trail over the side of a pond or raised feature, creating a relaxed, natural look.

Beyond its visual appeal, this plant is also highly beneficial for wildlife. Its dense, mat forming growth provides shelter for amphibians such as frogs and toads, while also offering protection for insects and small pond life. The foliage helps shade the water slightly, which can assist in maintaining more stable conditions within the pond.

Golden Creeping Jenny thrives in moist to wet soil and shallow water, typically up to 20 cm deep. It grows well in full sun where its colour becomes most intense, although it will also perform well in partial shade. Growth is moderate but steady, and it can spread to cover larger areas if left unchecked, making it ideal for groundcover but easy to manage with occasional trimming.

This plant is fully hardy in the UK and extremely low maintenance, making it suitable for beginners and experienced pond keepers alike. It is a fantastic choice for softening pond edges, filling gaps between planting, or adding a splash of colour to otherwise green planting schemes.

🇬🇧 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

• Striking golden foliage for bright, eye catching colour
• Ideal for trailing over pond edges and containers
• Provides excellent groundcover and weed suppression
• Offers shelter for amphibians and pond wildlife
• Helps soften hard edges around ponds and features
• Fully hardy and easy to grow in UK conditions

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Reasons to Buy

• Perfect for adding instant colour to your pond
• Versatile for ponds, bog gardens, and containers
• Easy to maintain and suitable for all experience levels
• Works beautifully alongside darker green planting
• Great for creating a natural, flowing pond design

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Care Instructions

• Place on a marginal shelf at a depth of 0 cm to 20 cm, measured from the top of the basket to the water surface, or plant into consistently moist soil around pond edges.
• Position in full sun for the brightest golden colour, although partial shade is tolerated.
• Trim back regularly to control spread and keep the plant looking tidy. Divide clumps every few years in spring to maintain 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 Golden 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

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 Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia) and Golden Japanese Sweet Flag (Acorus gramineus ‘Ogon’). Explore the Lysimachia pond plant group to compare the whole collection.

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