Moneywort ‘Lysimachia alfredii’
This flowering groundcover provides a colorful mound of attractive foliage and bright yellow flowers.
Ground cover
Foliage interest
Heat tolerant
Attracts: Bees
CHARACTERISTICS
Plant Type: Perennial
Height Category: Short
Garden Height: 10 - 12 Inches
Spacing: 14 - 16 Inches
Spread: 12 - 14 Inches
Flower Colors: Yellow
Foliage Colors: Dark Green
Habit: Mounded
PLANT NEEDS
Light Requirement: Part Shade to Shade
The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).
Maintenance Category: Easy
Bloom Time: Spring through Fall
Hardiness Zones: 5 - 9
Water Category: Average
Uses: Container, landscape, ground cover, wetlands, streams
Uses Notes: Great groundcover.
Maintenance Notes: Provides a colorful mound of attractive foliage and bright yellow flowers and brightens shade gardens. Suitable for bare root planting in ponds, streams, and water gardens. The foliage turns burgundy in the shade offering continuous flowering from spring until hard frost in fall.