FoliageCreeping Jenny
Lysimachia nummularia
Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia) is a fast-growing perennial, hardy in USDA zones 3-9, that matures to about 0.2-0.3 ft × 1.5-2 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with high water needs in moist, occasionally-dry and occasionally-wet soil. Expect yellow blooms in spring and summer. It stands up well to wet soil.
- USDA zones
- 3-9
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- High
- Mature size
- 0.2-0.3 ft × 1.5-2 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Soil
- Moist, Occasionally-dry, Occasionally-wet
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Tough against
- Wet soil
- Native to
- Europe, southwestern Asia
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Creeping Jenny is hardy to about -40°F (estimated from USDA zone 3), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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