Lysimachia tenella 'Studland'

Cultivar selected for the intensity of its flowering, probably originating from British Atlantic populations, the name referring to the Studland nature reserve in Dorset, England. It differs from the type species by flowers of a more intense and brighter pink, almost fuchsia pink, particularly generous and abundantly covering the carpet of foliage to the point of almost completely concealing it in full bloom. The foliage remains identical, fine and delicate, forming a very low creeping cushion.

In cultivation, this cultivar is more widely used than the type species in ornamental horticulture, particularly for wet rock gardens, edges of water bodies, reconstructed bog gardens, or pots and basins in cool and semi-shaded situations. It requires a constantly fresh to moist, acidic substrate, and is sensitive to drought which causes rapid decline. It can also be grown in a pot in a mixture of peat and sand, kept in a water saucer. Its hardiness is adequate under mild Atlantic climates, but it may suffer in harsh continental winters without protection.