creeping Jennie


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creeping Jen·ny

also creeping Jen·nie  (jĕn′ē)
n.
1. See moneywort.
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creeping Jennie

(ˈdʒɛnɪ) or

creeping Charlie

n
(Plants) other names for moneywort
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If yellow carpets of fast-spreading, long-blooming flowers are what you want in a ground cover, consider these two easy-to-grow perennials: moneywort or creeping Jennie (Lysimachia nummularia) and goldmoss sedum (S.