Creeping jenny, also known as Lysimachia nummularia, is a fast-growing, low-maintenance plant that thrives both indoors and out. Indoors, creeping jenny makes a great easy-care houseplant where its ...

Shades of chartreuse are among my favorite hues in the garden. Creeping Jenny “Goldilocks” delivers a vivid splash of this color, and I use it often in hanging baskets, containers and window boxes.

Description: A perennial groundcover native to areas of Europe and Asia and naturalized in North America, it's evergreen to semi-evergreen in the Bay Area. The species Lysimachia nummularia has green ...

Is Llysimachia invasive? It is commonly known as creeping Jenny or moneywort. I can't find that it's even suited for Zone 9. I had planned to plant it, but I'm not sure I want to now. -A.C., Houston ...

The weather has held summer at bay so far this year, so you will have to do many garden activities later in the season than usual, but get out there soon to get results. QI inherited a few sprigs of ...

Dear Dr. Dirt: We’d like to find this plant but our local garden centers don’t seem to know what it is. Any suggestions? — Lyle, Greenwood Dear Reader: The little, low growing (2-4 inches high and ...

Groundcovers may be the most underrated category of plants out there. These low growing perennials may not be as flashy as a Hydrangea or offer fragrant blooms like a Butterfly Bush, but their role in ...

I spend a lot of time thinking about dirt. Mostly, as I look around my yard, I often don't see the shrubs and trees and flowers as much as I see the dirt beneath them. Because exposed dirt means two ...