Japanese spurge
Pachysandra terminalis
- Size
- 0.3 m tall, 0.6 m across
- Light
- Shade, part sun
- Hardy to
- -30 degrees
- Flowers
- April
- Ground cover
- Shade
- Evergreen
- Takes shade
Safety
- Eaten, it may upset a stomach.
- A dog that chews it may get an upset stomach.
- A cat that chews it may get an upset stomach.
Reviewed and approved for Poland by a qualified gardener with thirty years of practice, 22 September 2026.
What it needs, what it becomes
- Type
- Ground cover
- Family
- Buxaceae
- Size when mature
- 0.3 m tall, 0.6 m across
- Light
- Shade, part sun
- Moisture
- Medium, moist
- Soil
- loam, sand
- Soil pH
- 5 to 7
- Hardy to
- -30 degrees
- Flowers
- April
- For pollinators
- Some
- Water
- Medium water
- Upkeep
- Little
- Growth
- Steady
- In Europe
- Introduced
- Spreading risk
- None known
- If eaten
- People: Can upset a stomach · Dogs: Can upset a stomach · Cats: Can upset a stomach
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Lists it is on
- Plants for shade30 plantsWhat grows on the north side of a house, under a tree and against a wall the sun reaches for an hour.
- Evergreen plants24 plantsWhat holds a garden together from November to March, when the rest of it is underground.
- Ground cover plants17 plantsInstead of weeding: a close mat that shuts the ground and keeps weeds out.
