| Description | An improved cultivar of the common Pachysandra terminalis. More compact with a dark green color. |
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| Pronunciation | (pak-i-SAN-dra)(ter-mi-NA-lis) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Groundcovers and vines |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-8 |
| Sunlight | shaded areas |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | prefers moist well drained, tolerates average, ph 5.5-6.5 |
| Flowers | white flowers in the spring, located on the top, in the center of the whorl of foliage, early to mid April |
| Fruit | white drupe-like berry |
| Leaves | evergreen, appear to be whorled, darker green than species |
| Stems | rhizomes |
| Roots | fibrous |
| Maintenance | very little |
| Propagation | cuttings, division, lifting of clumps |
| Misc Facts | Genus name from Greek means pachys (thick) and andros (masculine) in reference to the male parts of the flower (thick stamens). Specific epithet means terminal in reference to the flower location at the ends of the stems. (#145) |
| Author's Notes | The better the soil prep prior to planting, the quicker the cover and the more successful you will be. I have seen good sized plantings of Pachysandra Green Carpet. The plants are more compact and the foliage deeper green than the species. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #68-Groundcovers for the Midwest (Voight, Hamilton,Giles), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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