Light Needs
Mature Height
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Growing Zones
The Night Light Moneywort, or Lysimachia alfredii, is a flowering perennial that introduces bold color and texture into a landscape. The sunny yellow, trumpet-shaped flowers continue to bloom from summer until frost. The five-petaled flowers are on reaching stems surrounded by medium green foliage that comes to a point and has a slight curl. The leaves feature silvery veining and develop a bronzy purple cast, which contrasts the maroon stems and leaf undersides and adds more color and dimension.
Use Night Light Moneywort as a creeping ground cover or filler and spiller in a container. This plant thrives in shade, such as under a dense tree canopy, on the shady side of a building, or inside a covered porch. The bold flowers support pollinators like bees. This leafy plant is a perennial in zones 5 through 9.
Night Light Moneywort Care
Partial shade or about 4 hours of light daily is best for the Night Light Moneywort. It prefers rich, well-drained soil. Water consistently because this plant prefers damp but not soggy conditions. Fertilize the plant every four weeks during the growing season, using a balanced plant food.
Trim leggy stems around the halfway point of summer to encourage more dense growth. Cut all of the stems back to about six inches after the first frost of the fall.
Night Light Moneywort Spacing
The compact size is part of what makes Night Light Moneywort an excellent groundcover. This Moneywort reaches 10 to 12 inches tall and grows 12 to 14 inches wide. Space plants 14 to 16 inches apart to create a consistent mass planting.
Night Light Moneywort Plant Facts
Growing Conditions
- Hardiness ZonesGrowing Zones
- USDA Zones 5 to 9 (perennial); grown as an annual elsewhere (outdoors year-round); grown indoors elsewhere (outdoors year-round); grown in containers elsewhere (grown as a seasonal crop)
- Sun Exposure
- Full Shade to Part Shade (0-4 Hours Direct Sun)
- Mature Height
- 6-18 Inches
- Mature Spread
- 1-2 Feet
- Growth Habit
- , Mounded
- Water Needs
- Consistently Moist
Flowers & Foliage
- Flower Colors
- , Yellow
- Flower Description
- Yellow
- Bloom Time
- Spring to Early Summer
- Foliage Color
- , Green
- Foliage Description
- Green
- Foliage Type
- , Evergreen, Herbaceous
- Seasonal Interest
- , Spring Flowering, Summer Flowering, Fall Flowering, 3 Season Interest
Garden Benefits
Plant Overview
- Common Name
- Night Light Moneywort
- Also Known As
- Firefly Moneywort
- Botanical Name
- Lysimachia alfredii
- Brand
- Proven Winners
- Plant Type
- Perennial
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Please Note: The pictures below are to give a general representation of the different container sizes. The actual size/ages of plants are estimates and will vary based on type of plant, time of year, last pruning & many other factors.
Also Known As:
Quart
Plant Age:
~ 6 months - 1 year
Plant Size:
~ 4"-8"
Pot Size:
~ 4.75"H x 4.5"W
Volume:
1.50 quarts
Also Known As:
2.5 Quart Pot
Plant Age:
~ 1 - 2 years old
Plant Size:
~ 8"-12"
Pot Size:
~ 6.5"H x 6.5"W
Volume:
2.20-2.30 quarts
Also Known As:
#1 Container
1 Gallon
Plant Age:
~ 1 - 2 years old
Plant Size:
~ 10"-14"
Pot Size:
~ 7"H x 7.75"W
Volume:
2.26-3.73 quarts
Also Known As:
#2 Container
2 Gallon
Plant Age:
~ 1.5 - 3 years old
Plant Size:
~ 12"-18"
Pot Size:
~ 9.5"H x 9.5"W
Volume:
1.19-1.76 gallons
Also Known As:
#3 Container
3 Gallon
Plant Age:
~ 2 - 4 years old
Plant Size:
~ 12"-30"
Pot Size:
~9.5"H x 11"W
Volume:
2.32-2.76 gallons
Also Known As:
#5 Container
5 Gallon
Plant Age:
~3-4 years old
Plant Size:
~ 20" - 60"
Pot Size:
~11" H x 10 1/2” W
Volume:
3.5 - 4 gallons
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