groundcover with slightly woody stems, what is it? in the Plant ID forum

Mar 15, 2020 10:12 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Rick Webb
southeast Pennsylvania (Zone 6b)

I found a few patches of planted groundcover in central Delaware in USDA Zone 7a. It makes me think of being a kind of Euphorbia. It has some new growth showing that may bloom soon. What is it?

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crawgarden

Mar 15, 2020 10:22 AM CST

Name: Rj
Just S of the twin cities of M (Zone 4b)

Pachysandra terminalis

Japanese Spurge (Pachysandra terminalis)

Go Blue hens

As Yogi Berra said, “It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”

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ILPARW

Mar 15, 2020 10:40 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Rick Webb
southeast Pennsylvania (Zone 6b)

That is not Japanese Spurge (Pachysandra terminalis) that tends to be over-planted.

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sallyg

Mar 15, 2020 11:49 AM CST

Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
See you in the funny papers!

Does look like a euphorbia some one shared with me but I dont remember species, likely common

Plant it and they will come.

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Leftwood

Mar 15, 2020 1:48 PM CST

Name: Rick R.
Minneapolis,MN, USA z4b,Dfb/a

Euphorbia species have white sap. Does this one?

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the losers. - Socrates

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pepper23

Mar 15, 2020 1:56 PM CST

Name: Amanda
KC metro area, Missouri (Zone 6a)

Can you take a closer pic of them so we can see the details a bit better? It reminds me of something but I can't think off the top of my head what exactly yet.

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skopjecollection

Mar 15, 2020 2:11 PM CST

Name: Stefan
SE europe(balkans) (Zone 6b)

Madagascar periwinkle?
Thats what the leaves remind me of..
The zone is very wrong though

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KellyFW

Mar 15, 2020 3:25 PM CST

Name: Kelly
Redding, California (Zone 9b)

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, a Manzanita groundcover. Also called Bearberry, Kinnikinnick

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Leftwood

Mar 15, 2020 7:36 PM CST

Name: Rick R.
Minneapolis,MN, USA z4b,Dfb/a

Stems would need to be woody if it is an Arctostaphylos sp. Are they woody?

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the losers. - Socrates

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porkpal

Mar 15, 2020 7:46 PM CST

Name: Porkpal
Richmond, TX (Zone 9a)

The description was "slightly woody stems".

Porkpal

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Leftwood

Mar 16, 2020 7:01 AM CST

Name: Rick R.
Minneapolis,MN, USA z4b,Dfb/a

Yes, that was in the title. Sorry.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the losers. - Socrates

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ILPARW

Mar 16, 2020 4:50 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Rick Webb
southeast Pennsylvania (Zone 6b)

One closer shot that shows thin sort of woody stems. I wish I had a flower photo. No one has hit the nail on the head yet.

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sallyg

Mar 16, 2020 5:31 PM CST

Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
See you in the funny papers!

The centers of some are elongating to .. bloom? Kind of what my ground cover, that I think is some euphorbia, is doing too. I'm not sure. In the yard today I wasn't sure it matched this very well. Maybe I can post a pic tomorrow.

Plant it and they will come.

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porkpal

Mar 16, 2020 5:44 PM CST

Name: Porkpal
Richmond, TX (Zone 9a)