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How aggressive is Golden Creeping Jenny?
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a2zmom Z6 - NJ (
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Mon, May 9, 11 at 15:30
| I have a new bed and I was thinking of planting this in the front. Does it play nicely with other perennials or will it overpower them? |
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RE: How aggressive is Golden Creeping Jenny?
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| I gave my mom this plant last year. It's spreading in a wet, shady spot where she has Hydrangeas. I do not think this would overpower anything at all. |
RE: How aggressive is Golden Creeping Jenny?
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| its a freakin nightmare ... given a few years ... though it does respond rather nicely to roundup ... and its generics .... 5 years later.. i am still irritated having bought it at a plant sale at a very famous arboretum ... they should have known better ... OK.. got that off my chest ..... now the rest of you can tell me of its glories .... ken |
RE: How aggressive is Golden Creeping Jenny?
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| LOL. Ken, it's forbidden for planting where we live. I didn't know that at the time, but mine didn't survive simply because it was planted in a drought-ish area of my property. If you are looking for an alternative, I'm extremely impressed with Angelina Sedum as a striking yellow groundcover. I have mine interplanted with a red groundcover sedum and it's performed beautifully for me, formed a nice carpet. |
RE: How aggressive is Golden Creeping Jenny?
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| I can agree with Ken on this one... It's a freakin' nightmare. While it looks great initially, if you ever want to change it out or get rid of it, you WON'T. It keeps reappearing every year no matter what you try to do to get rid of it. Wherever it touches any ground, it reattaches itself and roots right there, so you now have another one to worry about. |
RE: How aggressive is Golden Creeping Jenny?
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| I have had it for many, many years in a number of beds--dry partial shade to moist full sun. Yes, you have to pull it back periodically, but a freaking nightmare? Never. |
RE: How aggressive is Golden Creeping Jenny?
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| I've had mine 3 years and so far so good. I pull it away around plants here and there and away from the lawn edge. I may still be in the honeymoon phase. Its looking very good right now before other stuff gets going. |
RE: How aggressive is Golden Creeping Jenny?
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| A definite divide in opinion! Sounds like sedum might be the safer option. |
RE: How aggressive is Golden Creeping Jenny?
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EXCEPT: Know that Sedum 'Angelina' - which I use a lot! - also spreads like
the Golden Jenny. If you drop the tiniest clipping as you cross the lawn, for example, soon enough you'll have a new colony where that "tiny piece" took
root. . .it has happened to me twice, so I'm just more vigilant now. The
distinct advantage of "Angelina" over "Jenny" (sounds like a cat fight!) is that
"Angelina" takes on beautiful russet tones in cooler weather and actually
looks wonderful during the winter. . .still, I use them both and simply keep
a watchful eye - "Angelina" in full sun, "Jenny" in partial shade. Carl |
RE: How aggressive is Golden Creeping Jenny?
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| Golden/yellow creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia aurea) has mostly died out in a perennial bed here, but made up for it by spreading into adjacent lawn. It's not conspicuous in that area, but I can see it being a problem in, say, one's front yard where uniform turf is desired. Or you could take advantage of the Lysimachia's spreading habit and combine it with Ajuga to achieve a LysimachiaAjugaLawn for a nice yellow, purple, blue and green patchwork quilt effect. |
RE: How aggressive is Golden Creeping Jenny?
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| talk about a catfight... that would be interesting to see which one wins between Lysimachia and Ajuga. Ajuga would get the edge in shade. Jenny in sun. In part-shade, let the catfight begin... |
RE: How aggressive is Golden Creeping Jenny?
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| Angelina can root from a tiny piece, however it's easy to pull out while Jenny likes to sneak into the middle of other plants and then you have to dig up the other plant, wash the roots, go through them thoroughly looking for bits of Jenny, replant and pray you got it all or toss said infested plant. Hmm, let me think about that one! ( I have occasionally used Jenny in large pots where it looks lovely draping down the side, just clip it before it hits the ground.) |
RE: How aggressive is Golden Creeping Jenny?
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| I have not have problems with either ajuga (in fact I wish mine were more aggressive) nor golden creeping jenny but...I have seen a bed where the creeping jenny was smothering other plants and the owner thought it was a freaking nightmare and told me not to plant it when I asked her about it. |
RE: How aggressive is Golden Creeping Jenny?
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I disagree with Ken.
I've had it for 4 years. It will root wherever it touches the ground, so keep it away from your lawn. Every couple of weeks, as you walk around your garden, grab a handful and tug if it starts wandering into areas you don't want it to be. Here's a pic from my garden last year.
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RE: How aggressive is Golden Creeping Jenny?
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| Mine has a huge preference for growing into the lawn. It has a nice soft loose bed it can grow in, but no, it prefers to run as fast as it can, and as far as it can, into the lawn. |
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