Mystery Plant – September 2009

If you know the genus and coinage of this calendar month ’s mystery plant , you could deliver the goods a costless one - twelvemonth subscription toFine Gardening . broadcast your introduction , along with your double-dyed mailing address , by September 30 , 2009 to[email protected ] . The winner will be select at random from all right entry .

Last month ’s Mystery Plant was Allegheny spurge ( Pachysandra procumbens ) . As opposed to the common pachysandra ( Pachysandra terminalis , Zones 4 - 8) , which is aboriginal to China and Japan and can be retrieve in gardens all across the land , Allegheny spurge is aboriginal to the southeast United States and is perfect for native plant enthusiasts looking for a durable , attractive , evergreen , native undercoat masking . It grow to 12 inches tall and spread indefinitely , and has intermediate immature leaves that are keen and white and have a lustrelessness texture , unlike the glistening leave of absence of its Asian cousin . Allegheny spurge is intrepid in Zones 5 to 9 and prefers partial to full specter . It is adaptable to almost any dirt , as long as it ’s not extremely dry . Leslie Schaler of Montague , Massachusetts , was take at random from all correct entries to have a destitute one - year subscription toFine Gardening . Congratulations , Leslie !

“ A great aboriginal choice to overused , invasivePachysandra terminalis ! And much more refined , too . ”-Sarah Munroe , Oakton , Virginia

“ We had it at our house growing up in Bay City , Michigan . It was one of the first plants I read to recognize . ”-Billie Slater , St. Paul , Minnesota

“ I wish I had this aboriginal plant!”-Lynn S. Pennett , Downingtown , Pennsylvania

“ Pachysandra flourish for me as a wonderful groundcover when I lived and garden in Cincinnati . I have not been capable to get it to survive in my steamy seaside garden in Mt. Pleasant . No complaints though because my Camellia japonica , C. sasanqua , etc . thrive and blossom profusely and almost act as groundcovers!”-Jerry W. Weise , Mt. Pleasant , South Carolina

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