Plant: Pachysandra
Euonymus · Pachysandra terminalis
Size: 4" square pot
Light
Bloom
Mature size
More about this plant
Japanese spurge is a slow-spreading evergreen ground cover with glossy green toothed leaves 6 to 12 inches tall, spreading by rhizomes into a dense mat. Small white fragrant flower spikes open in spring. It wants deep to part shade and moist, acidic, well-drained soil, and fills shady beds, slopes and foundation plantings, resisting deer, rabbits and drought once established. Plant 6 to 12 inches apart.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 8 ft tall and 6 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 6-9
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
Japanese spurge is a slow-spreading evergreen ground cover with glossy green toothed leaves 6 to 12 inches tall, spreading by rhizomes into a dense mat. Small white fragrant flower spikes open in spring. It wants deep to part shade and moist, acidic, well-drained soil, and fills shady beds, slopes and foundation plantings, resisting deer, rabbits and drought once established. Plant 6 to 12 inches apart.
- Flowers
- Small white, petal-less fragrant flowers in upright spikes 1 to 2 inches long in spring, inconspicuous.
- Foliage
- Glossy green simple leaves 2 to 4 inches long, clustered at the shoot tips so they look whorled, with toothed margins.
- Fruit
- Small white drupes, rarely seen.
- Bark & stems
- Green, smooth, trailing stems that spread by rhizomes.
- Light
- Deep Shade, Dappled/Filtered Light
- Pruning
- Thin plantings to improve air circulation if leaf blight appears.
- Native range
- Japan and north-central China
