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Lysimachia ‘Midnight Sun’
Lysimachia congestiflora
Lysimachia congestiflora ‘Midnight Sun’ is a must-have new creeping jenny! Every great combination needs grounding color, and Midnight Sun delivers it in style. This brand-new Lysimachia brings the same vigor and trailing habit growers love from others in the class but with enhanced foliage color and tighter internodes for a cleaner, more controlled finish. Midnight Sun offers growers a fast, dependable crop that slides seamlessly into existing basket, container, or mixed-combo programs — no retraining, no guesswork. Just plant, grow, and profit.
Description / Plant Notes:
- Lush plum to black foliage
- Attractive sunshine yellow flowers
- Compact prostrate to trailing growth habit
- Estimated USDA Zone 6 (-10°F or -23°C)
Origin: Australia
Patent Status: PP 22,242
| USDA Zone: | 6 - 11 |
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| Height: | 2 to 4-inches 5 to 10-centimeters |
| Spread: | 12 to 24-inches 30 to 61-centimeters |
| Seasons: | Early Summer |
| Flower Colors: | Yellow |
| Foliage Colors: | Dark Plum, Black |
| Light Levels: | Full-Sun, Semi-Shade |
| Growth Habit: | Compact-prostate, Trailing |
| Usage: | Hanging Baskets, Ground cover, Mass landscape planting, Borders |
| Patent Status: | PP 22,242 |
| Origin: | Australia |
Grower Culture |
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| Media: | Well-draining media |
| Crop Timing from Rooted Liners: |
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| 4-inch: | 8 to 10-weeks with 1 ppp |
| 1-gallon: | 10 to 14-weeks with 1 ppp |
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