Spacing:Â 12″ for mass planting
Flower Color:Â Bright Yellow
Flower Type:Â Single, star shaped
Flowering Period:Â Late Spring to Early Summer
Having now had experience since 2014 in our gardens with Lysimachia japonica var. minutissima since 2014, we are ready to declare that what we commonly call Yellow Star Creeper and others might call dwarf creeping jenny or miniature moneywort, is one of if not the overall best choices among creeping plants for use in filling the gaps, crevices and spaces between stepping stones and pavers. It will fill any size space, but where it really excels among other choices is in those narrow inch-wide gaps between brick pavers, where it neatly fills the gaps without quickly growing all over the top of the pavers, which means no need for routine edging to keep plants in bounds.Â
Yellow Star Creeper grows about a half-inch tall and maybe spreads 3 to 4 inches in full growing season. It will continue to spread unless contained by concrete or other surface or some type of border edging. It tolerates foot traffic without problem so long as the soil medium is slightly below the surface of the stepping stones or pavers. In our Georgia Zone 8a gardens the matt of tiny, glossy green leaves remains green year round. In late spring to early summer, one-quarter inch cute yellow, star-shaped flowers are held above the foliage.Â
Landscape & Garden Uses
Yellow Star Creeper is ideal for use to fill the crevices, gaps and spaces between pavers and stepping stones or can also be used as a groundcover around perennials, shrubs and small trees such as Japanese maples. It’s also ideal for use as a soil cover in container gardens. It prefers a consistently moist to wet soil so we even have it growing in pots situated in the margins of our garden pond. A fine addition to partial shade gardens, yellow theme gardens, and Asian theme gardens.
Suggested Spacing:Â Â 6 inches apart to fill gaps or for mass plantings
Growing Preferences
Yellow Star Creeper is very easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained to wet soils in full sun to part shade. We’ve noticed that in full sun plants have thrived provided there is adequate moisture. USDA Zones 4a-9b Find Your Zone





















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