Pachysandra Species, Carpet Box, Japanese Pachysandra, Japanese Spurge

It is a good ground cover, but it is taking over my garden and moving into my lawn. It sends shoots over 3 ft into my grass, and it make...Read Mores a dense root mass up to 24" into the ground. It is overgrowing many other plants in my garden. It is January 16, and it is the only thing green with leaves.

This is a fair enough groundcover, but a bit common and plain for me to want more than a small area of it. In my garden it blooms in Apr...Read Moreil, but they are rather insignificant blooms. My information says it is hardy in zones 3-9.

I've had this plant in my yard for over ten years and it has done extremely well. One of the first to bloom in spring and a vibrant gree...Read Moren through out the summer. It has spread slowly, but has made a solid carpet and looks great. All this in Zone 3a.

I agree with the others - pachysandra is maintenance-free. It survives winter, dog's walking over it, and just about anything. And it g...Read Morerows good and looks great! The photo on this site looks like it came from my back yard!

This is a great groundcover - attractive year-round. Tolerates traffic from our five dogs, and allows perennials to poke up through it v...Read Moreery well. Has a very natural, native woods look. Looks great without any care at all.

Potentially invasive if grown in loose fertile soil. Otherwise is very well-behaved, and even tolerates some amount of foot-traffic.
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A late freeze will prevent its blooming, otherwise completely carefree groundcover.

Excellent groundcover. Stays green all year long and requires very little maintenance.