Creeping Jenny Container Plant

Creeping jenny is a ground cover plant meaning it grows low to the ground and spreads outward through stem rooting. Creeping jenny in a bed looks great as a groundcover for this reason but in a container it can look a little flat.

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Creeping jenny is a hardy plant that will thrive in full sun or shade.

Creeping jenny container plant. Even if you plant it in containers and keep them away from the yard be careful when dumping out your pots at the end of the season. If you don t trust it in the ground then creeping jenny can also make a very attractive plant for containers where it will cascade down the sides of a pot. Creeping jenny is considered to be an invasive plant in some places and may not be available at your local nurseries.

Purchase plants from nurseries in the spring and choose a site in the shade or sun that drains well. Combine it in a pot with taller growing plants for contrast. Creeping jenny also grows effectively in a standing container kept on a shelf or other support where its greenery can cascade down to produce the effect of a green indoor waterfall.

Container grown creeping jenny each creeping jenny plant will grow like a mat only rising to 6 to 12 inches 15 to 30 cm in height. Space these plants 2 feet 6 m apart as they grow rapidly to fill in empty areas. To grow creeping jenny effectively in a container pot observe the following.

Creeping jenny lysimachianummularia aurea these are low growing plants and also known as moneywart or lymchachia. If you want to make more plants its easy to propagate by division or by seeds. It is an evergreen perennial plant but these are decorative invasive plants.

It s evergreen ground cover plants and covers very large part quickly it is easy to grow incredibly in usda zones 2 to 10. Select a relatively large size container with sufficient drainage holes at the bottom. There are different species of creeping jenny growing in the united states.

However the golden or auria varieties are not as invasive as the green. If you ve planted it in the ground keep creeping jenny in check by regularly trimming it back. It has rounded leaves thus the name nummularia latin for like a coin it looks great along pathways trailing and spilling its stems over containers.

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