Japanese spurge Green Carpet

An invaluable plant for ground-cover in shade, Pachysandra terminalis Green Carpet is a ground-hugging, mat-forming, evergreen sub-shrub. Year-round, the creeping stems bear short, upright branches bearing rosettes of glossy, light-reflecting, deep-green, ovate leaves with markedly serrated edges. Spikes of small white flowers are borne in early summer. Japanese spurge Green Carpet is quite slow to establish, but will eventually spread to form a dense mat. It looks handsome round the boles of trees, or underplanting shrubs, and is a good, ground-covering plant for difficult areas like shady banks.

Site: Tolerates some exposure
Soil: Any well-drained, water-retentive soil
Position: Full shade or partial shade
Season of interest: Early summer
Hardiness: Fully hardy
Height: 8 (20cm) Spread: eventually 3 (90cm)