Cold hardiness & minimum temperature

Is Golden Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea')cold hardy? Hardiness zone & min temp

Also called Golden Creeping Jenny, Golden Moneywort, Creeping Jenny Aurea.

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About Golden Creeping Jenny

Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea' · also called Golden Creeping Jenny, Golden Moneywort · flowering

A low, trailing, mat-forming perennial with vivid chartreuse-to-golden-yellow rounded leaves and small, buttercup-yellow flowers in summer. RHS Award of Garden Merit holder. Thrives in moist to wet soils in sun or part shade and is equally effective as a ground cover, pond marginal, or spilling over container edges. Hardy in USDA zones 3–9.

Cold limit: USDA 3-9 · RHS H7 (-34°C to 30°C)

What golden creeping jenny's hardiness rating actually means

Yes — golden creeping jenny is genuinely cold hardy. Rated RHS H7 and USDA 3-9, it lives outdoors all year and needs winter cold rather than protection from it. Its RHS rating of H7 means: Hardy in the severest European continental winters. On the US scale that maps to USDA 3-9 — the zones where it can be left outdoors year-round.

New to these scales? The USDA hardiness zone map explained covers how the zone numbers work, and you can find your own zone with the zone finder.

Minimum temperature — and what happens below it

Minimum survivable temperature is roughly below about −20 °C. Golden Creeping Jenny is built for winter — once established it takes hard frost and snow in its stride.

Concretely, for golden creeping jenny as it gets too cold:

It tolerates winter lows to about −20 °C once established.
Below its rated zone, the visible damage is browned or blackened top growth and, in the worst case, a killed crown or root.
First-year, newly planted, or container-grown specimens are noticeably less hardy than established garden plants — the roots are exposed.

Can golden creeping jenny go outside or overwinter — and where?

Plant it out within USDA 3-9 and it overwinters with little or no help.
It does not want to come indoors — a warm winter room actually weakens a hardy plant by denying it dormancy.
The real risks in its range are waterlogging, wind-rock on young plants, and a late hard frost on new growth — not ordinary winter cold.

Work back from your local frost dates with the frost-date calculator: the last spring frost and first autumn frost are what really decide when golden creeping jenny can be outside. US growers can check USDA zones; UK growers should use the RHS hardiness ratings, which match the H7 figure above.

Golden Creeping Jenny hardiness — frequently asked questions

Is golden creeping jenny cold hardy?

Yes — golden creeping jenny is genuinely cold hardy. Rated RHS H7 and USDA 3-9, it lives outdoors all year and needs winter cold rather than protection from it. An outdoor plant. Golden Creeping Jenny is hardy across USDA 3-9; it belongs in the ground or a frost-proof container, not on a windowsill, and many types actively need a cold winter to perform.

What is the minimum temperature golden creeping jenny can survive?

Minimum survivable temperature is roughly below about −20 °C. Golden Creeping Jenny is built for winter — once established it takes hard frost and snow in its stride.

What hardiness zone is golden creeping jenny?

Golden Creeping Jenny is rated USDA 3-9 and RHS H7 — Hardy in the severest European continental winters.

Can golden creeping jenny survive winter outside?

Plant it out within USDA 3-9 and it overwinters with little or no help. It does not want to come indoors — a warm winter room actually weakens a hardy plant by denying it dormancy. The real risks in its range are waterlogging, wind-rock on young plants, and a late hard frost on new growth — not ordinary winter cold.

What happens to golden creeping jenny below its minimum temperature?

It tolerates winter lows to about −20 °C once established. Below its rated zone, the visible damage is browned or blackened top growth and, in the worst case, a killed crown or root. First-year, newly planted, or container-grown specimens are noticeably less hardy than established garden plants — the roots are exposed.