{"product_id":"lysimachia-nummularia","title":"Lysimachia Nummularia | Lysimachia nummularia","description":"\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eLysimachia nummularia, or Creeping Jenny, is a bright-leaved marsh plant with rounded, coin-shaped leaves on trailing stems that flush golden-green under strong light. It is worth knowing up front that this is a semi-aquatic bog plant, not a true long-term aquatic – it grows beautifully emersed and will live submerged for a good while, but often slowly loses leaves underwater. Used with that in mind, it adds cheerful colour to a planted tank or paludarium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eNatural Habitat\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eLysimachia nummularia is native to Europe and western Asia, growing along damp ground, pond edges and stream banks where it creeps over wet soil. It is naturally a marginal, emersed plant rather than a submerged one. In the aquarium it can be grown fully submerged for a time, but it truly thrives emersed – at the water's edge, in a paludarium, or with its tips above the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAppearance\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA healthy plant carries small, rounded, opposite leaves along creeping stems, fresh green in shade and golden-lime under bright light. Submerged, it stays low and trailing, generally under 10–15 cm tall, and will creep along rather than shoot up. The portion supplied, often a clean tissue culture, is a young trailing stem with several leaf pairs, ready to plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePlacement and Aquascaping\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest used in the foreground to midground, where its low, creeping habit and bright leaves stand out, or planted at the water's edge in a paludarium. Plant the stems into the substrate and let them trail; pinch back and replant tips to keep it compact. It also works trailing over hardscape or emersed on damp margins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePlanting and Propagation\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eRinse any tissue-culture gel or remove rockwool, separate the stems, and plant each into the substrate. It propagates readily from cuttings – snip a length of stem and replant it, and each node will root and creep outward. Emersed, it spreads quickly along wet soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCare Requirements\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eModerate to high light brings out the golden colour and keeps growth compact; in low light it stays greener and grows more slowly. CO2 is not required. Being marginal, it prefers slightly cooler water than most tropicals, around 15–24 °C, pH 6.0–7.5, in soft to moderately hard water; a nutrient-rich substrate helps. Submerged growth is moderate at best and may thin over time – if it starts to decline underwater, grow it emersed instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSpecies Information\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eScientific Name\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLysimachia nummularia\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCommon Name\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCreeping Jenny, Moneywort\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrigin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEurope \u0026amp; western Asia\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaximum Height\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10–15 cm submerged (creeping)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGrowth Rate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eModerate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDifficulty\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIntermediate (semi-aquatic)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePlacement\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForeground \/ Midground \/ Emersed margin\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLighting\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eModerate to High\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCO2 Requirement\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNot required\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFertilisation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNutrient-rich substrate \/ liquid fertiliser\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWater Temperature\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15–24 °C\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003epH Range\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6.0–7.5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGH Range\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3–15 dGH\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePropagation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStem cuttings\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSalinity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNot applicable (freshwater)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSuitable For\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaludariums, emersed margins, temperate\/coldwater and short-term submerged use\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSuitable Tank Mates\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFine with peaceful community fish and shrimp, and well suited to cooler or unheated tanks and paludariums given its preference for milder temperatures. It is at its best around the waterline rather than deep in a warm tropical tank.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAvoid Keeping With\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvoid plant-eaters and diggers – goldfish, silver dollars and boisterous cichlids – which strip or uproot soft creeping stems. More importantly, don't expect it to hold up long-term as a fully submerged plant in a warm tank; if it begins to melt underwater, move it emersed rather than persisting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAustralian-grown aquarium plants for in-store collection or delivery Australia wide. 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