Hydrocotyle sieboldii 'Variegata'

Hydrocotyle sieboldii 'Variegata', in Dutch called pennywort, is a marsh plant with a creeping rhizome that grows (too) exuberantly both in and out of the water. As a landform it is often used as a ground cover, in the water it forms a mat, the shield-shaped, light green leaves with a white margin then float on the water surface. The inflorescence during the summer is rather inconspicuous with white small flowers on thin peduncles. Variegated pennywort likes a position in the sun and does well in any moist to normally dry soil. Hydrocotyle sieboldii 'Variegata' is hardy, tolerates drought, sea wind and air pollution and has little or no problems with pests and diseases.