Green Sheen Japanese Spurge
Pachysandra terminalis 'Green Sheen'
Excellent groundcover for small shady areas. This improved selection has attractive evergreen stems that hold extra glossy, bright green leaves. Evergreen.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | pack-ee-SAND-rah ter-mi-NAL-is |
| Key feature: | Shade Loving |
| Plant types: | Perennial, Groundcover |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 4 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full to partial shade |
| Sunset climate zones: | 2 - 10, 14 - 21 |
| Water Needs: | Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry. |
| Average landscape size: | Slow growing 6 to 10 in. tall, spreads slowly by underground stems. |
| Growth rate: | Slow |
| Growth habit: | Spreading |
| Flower attribute: | Repeat Flowering |
| Special features: | Deer Resistant |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Water Garden, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Tiny white flowers in spring and early summer |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 6335 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. As a groundcover, space plants 2 ft. to 3 ft. apart, (closer for faster coverage). Control weeds with mulch until the plants cover the area.
Design Ideas
This has long been the most reliable cool-season groundcover for shade. Perfect for planting under the canopies of older trees, where little else grows. A lifesaver on the north sides of walls or north-facing slopes, and between tall multistory buildings. Works very nicely in the front of shaded borders or as filler between larger shrubs. Dense enough to keep down weeds, it is a great solution for dark parts of the garden, where other herbaceous plants fear to tread.
Excellent groundcover for small shady areas. This improved selection has attractive evergreen stems that hold extra glossy, bright green leaves. Evergreen.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. As a groundcover, space plants 2 ft. to 3 ft. apart, (closer for faster coverage). Control weeds with mulch until the plants cover the area.
Design Ideas
This has long been the most reliable cool-season groundcover for shade. Perfect for planting under the canopies of older trees, where little else grows. A lifesaver on the north sides of walls or north-facing slopes, and between tall multistory buildings. Works very nicely in the front of shaded borders or as filler between larger shrubs. Dense enough to keep down weeds, it is a great solution for dark parts of the garden, where other herbaceous plants fear to tread.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | pack-ee-SAND-rah ter-mi-NAL-is |
| Key feature: | Shade Loving |
| Plant types: | Perennial, Groundcover |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 4 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full to partial shade |
| Sunset climate zones: | 2 - 10, 14 - 21 |
| Water Needs: | Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry. |
| Average landscape size: | Slow growing 6 to 10 in. tall, spreads slowly by underground stems. |
| Growth rate: | Slow |
| Growth habit: | Spreading |
| Flower attribute: | Repeat Flowering |
| Special features: | Deer Resistant |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Water Garden, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Tiny white flowers in spring and early summer |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 6335 |
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