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  • Allegheny Spurge
  • Barren Strawberry
  • Barrenwort
  • Bugleweed
  • Canadian Wild Ginger
  • Candytuft
  • Carpathian Bellflower
  • Catmint
  • Coral Bells
  • Creeping Lily Turf
  • Creeping Speedwell
  • Creeping Thyme
  • Cushion Spurge
  • Daylily
  • Dwarf Plumbago
  • English Ivy
  • European Ginger
  • Foamflower
  • Fragrant Sumac
  • Golden Creeping Charlie
  • Hakone Grass
  • Herman’s Pride Dead Nettle
  • Japanese Spurge
  • Johnson’s Blue Geranium
  • Juniper
  • Lady’s Mantle
  • Lamb’s Ear
  • Lily of the Valley
  • Lungwort
  • Periwinkle, Myrtle
  • Plantain Lily
  • Red Dragon Persicaria
  • Scotch Moss
  • Sedum
  • Soapwort
  • Sweet Woodruff
  • Tiny Rubies Carnation
  • Variegated Goutweed
  • Violet
  • White Nancy Spotted Dead Nettle
  • ‘Rozanne’ Geranium

Allegheny Spurge

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Pachysandra procumbens

Reliable, sturdy, clump forming,dense groundcover. Grows 6–12 inches tall and spreads to 4 feet across. Differs from Japanese pachysandra in that the foliage is larger and bronze green that takes on red hues in the fall. Prefers light to dense shade. Space 8–12 inches apart. Perennial. Hardy in Zone 4.

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