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Buy Pachysandra procumbens

Also Known As

Allegheny Spurge

Plant type

perennial, groundcover

size

H: 6"-12"
W: 18"-24"

planting zones

5a-9b

7 bare root plants ($5.00 ea) | $35

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4988 at Sunshine Farm and Gardens

10 bare root plants ($4.50 ea) | $45

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4997 at Sunshine Farm and Gardens

15 bare root plants ($4.00 ea) | $60

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4998 at Sunshine Farm and Gardens

20 bare root plants ($3.50 ea) | $70

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4999 at Sunshine Farm and Gardens

50 bare root plants ($3.00 ea) | $150

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Pachysandra procumbens plant details

Pachysandra procumbens is a broadleaf evergreen or semi-evergreen perennial groundcover with chocolate and green foliage. In spring cream, pink and white flowers emerge. Grows well with bright shade - shade and regular - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Adapts to various soil conditions. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something humidity tolerant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Pachysandra procumbens

Plant type: perennial groundcover
Plant family: buxaceae
Foliage: evergreen or semi-evergreen chocolate and green
Mature size: 18 IN - 24 IN - wide, 6 IN - 12 IN - tall
Flowers: cream, pink and white blooms in spring
Uses: bare root shipping available, fragrant, larger quantity available, mottled leaves, woodland garden

GROWING CONDITIONS for Pachysandra procumbens

USDA Zones: 5a - 9b
Sun exposure: bright shade - shade
Watering frequency: regular - low
Resistant to: humidity
Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

An attractive slowly spreading (but not rooting) clump-former (6-12") from woodlands in the Alleghany Mountains, with handsome dense foliage and profuse 3-5" spikes of dainty white to purple flowers in spring. PSh/M

By: Forestfarm

I could go on for miles here about my favorite ground cover for the shade. This plant for all seasons has the most interesting fragrant, white spikes of flowers in early spring and light, almost olive-green foliage all summer. Virtually untouched by insects and disease, it begins to pick up a silvery sheen by early Autumn and by the middle of autumn, look out, every plant has a different pattern of the most brilliant silvery mottling.

By: Sunshine Farm and Gardens

Pachysandra procumbens has fragrant, white flower spikes in spring, later becoming camouflaged by a new flush of gorgeous, crisp green foliage. Leaves have a scalloped margin and take on an attractive pale silver mottling. Low-growing perennial groundcover.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

With interesting mottled leaves of reddish-brown to olive green, Pachysandra forms a 1' tall carpet, spreading by rhizomes. The spring flowers are fragrant, 2-4" long spikes of pale pinkish-white. Overused once upon a time, it has fallen out of favor with plant enthusiasts, but keep in mind it was overused for a reason - it's handsome and a terrific performer. Let's keep it around because it still will be the thing when nothing else will do. It can handle dry shade once established, and wonderfully shade out intruding weeds to boot. Native to the southeastern United States from West Virginia and Kentucky south to Florida, and west to Louisiana. Minimum temperature: -10°F

By: Dancing Oaks Nursery

Not as aggressive a spreader as its Japanese relative, "Pachy pro" is a native of the Southeastern US, from West Virginia and Kentucky south to Florida, and west to Louisiana. It will spread slowly in shady spots, preferring moist and well drained soil but tolerating drier places as well. Interesting silver and purplish mottled leaves set off the clusters of small white flowers which appear in early spring. Membership in the Boxwood family (Buxaceae) give it impeccable deer-resistant credentials.

By: Deer Country Gardens

A very heavily marbled bronze leaf form of our native deciduous species, courtesy of Punnett, a plant with immensely more charm than the overused Japanese one. ZONE 4

By: Arrowhead Alpines

This native groundcover, commonly known as Alleghany Spurge, is a tough pest resistant woodland plant with semievergreen mottled foliage and spires of creamy white flowers in early spring.