Pachysandra
Saturday July 11, 2009
A shade-loving ground cover, pachysandra can also tolerate dry shade. This means pachysandra can be used in an area highly problematic for many plants: namely, under trees.
Pachysandra is also a deer-resistant plant. That's probably why I see a lot of pachysandra when I travel in and around Lyme, Connecticut (U.S.), the town for which Lyme disease was named. As you probably know, deer ticks carry Lyme disease, and the Lyme area is overrun by deer! But many of the yards in the area boast a look I adore, surrounded by stone walls and carpeted with pachysandra.
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I hate pachysandra! This plant is more than “moderately invasive”, it is truly invasive. It spreads everywhere, including through walls, and pulling it up only solves the problem temporarily. Unfortunately, the house we bought has a ton of it in the backyard, and we’re going to be tearing it all up to plant something nicer and less invasive.