Pennywort is a reliable ground cover with its numerous, fast-growing shoots. But the herb is not only useful, but also beautiful to look at. Especially when it opens its flower buds, the color of which attracts everyone's attention even from afar.

Pennywort blooms in early summer

Flowering time in the summer months

The heyday of pennywort, bot. Lysimachia nummulariaIm, is in the midst of summer. Exactly when the flowers appear and how long it lasts also depends on the variety. The current weather can also bring the flowering time forward or postpone it by a few days.

The months of June to July are considered to be the safe flowering period. But often the first buds open in May, while the last specimens wither in August. Pennywort is perennial and hardy, which is why a new flowering season is heralded every year.

Relationship between location and flowering time

Pennywort has many uses. So it can grow in the balcony box as well as in the moist soil by the pond. Pennywort can even be found in the aquarium.

The location has a say in the formation of flowers or the flowering time. Because the sunnier it is, the earlier and more luxuriantly the pennywort blooms. In the aquarium, on the other hand, there will be no flowering at all if the shoots are not allowed to break through the water surface.

This is what the flowers look like

The leaves of this plant are small and round. The plant stays true to this shape when forming its flowers. They appear singly in the leaf axils, in close proximity to the leaves. The fact that the flowers stand out clearly from the foliage is thanks to their colour.

  • simple, single, cup-shaped flowers
  • consisting of five petals each
  • Petals and stamens are bright yellow
  • The diameter of the flower reaches about 3 cm
  • the flowers are not fragrant

Capsules are rare

Since all kinds of insects like to fly to the small yellow flowers, pollination should not be a problem. Nevertheless, capsule fruits only rarely appear, since the flowers are mostly sterile.

tips

Since this plant rarely forms seeds despite the beautiful flowers, you can propagate it with cuttings, runners or by division.

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Vegetable garden