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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

Japanese Spurge

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Pachysandra terminalis

Evergreen groundcover for light to dense shade. Grows 6–8 inches tall with shiny evergreen foliage. Vigorous spreader. Fragrant white flowers in spring. Good choice as an underplanting for shrubs and trees. Space 6–8 inches apart. Perennial. Hardy in Zone 5.

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