(Gold Splash® Wintercreeper, Wintercreeper)

One of the best known and most durable broadleaf evergreens, Gold Splash® is a hardy shrub from China. The wintercreeper cultivar 'Roemertwo' is a compact mounding shrub with soft green and light yellow-edged leaves that are more intensely golden yellow-edged in winter. In late spring and early summer it bears clusters of insignificant greenish flowers, followed by pinkish fruits that open to reveal fleshy orange seeds. Birds eat and disseminate the seeds.

This shade-loving ornamental does well...

(Sarcoxie Wintercreeper, Wintercreeper)

One of the best known and most durable broadleaf evergreens, wintercreeper is a hardy groundcover or shrub from China. The cultivar 'Sarcoxie' is a vigorous upright shrub with oval glossy green leaves. Its stems climb readily via rootlike holdfasts. In late spring and early summer it bears clusters of insignificant greenish flowers, followed by pinkish-white fruits that open to reveal fleshy orange seeds. Birds eat and disseminate the seeds.

This shade-loving ornamental does well in most conditions...

(Sheridan Gold Wintercreeper, Wintercreeper)

One of the best known and most durable broadleaf evergreens, wintercreeper is a hardy groundcover or shrub from China. The cultivar 'Sheridan Gold' is a compact rounded shrub whose oval leaves are bright yellow maturing to glossy green. Its stems climb readily via rootlike holdfasts. In late spring and early summer it bears clusters of insignificant greenish flowers, followed by pinkish fruits that open to reveal fleshy orange seeds. Birds eat and disseminate the seeds.

This shade-loving ornamental...

(Silver Queen Wintercreeper, Wintercreeper)

One of the best known and most durable broadleaf evergreens, Silver Queen wintercreeper is a hardy shrub from China. The cultivar 'Silver Queen' is a compact mounding shrub with deep green and palest yellow-edged leaves that have silvery blue-green undertones. In late spring and early summer it bears clusters of insignificant greenish flowers, followed by pinkish fruits that open to reveal fleshy orange seeds. Birds eat and disseminate the seeds.

This shade-loving ornamental does well in most...

(Sunspot Wintercreeper, Wintercreeper)

One of the best known and most durable broadleaf evergreens, wintercreeper is a hardy groundcover or shrub from China. The cultivar 'Sunspot' is a compact mounding shrub with dark green gold-centered leaves that are red-tinged in winter. Its yellowish stems can climb via rootlike holdfasts. In late spring and early summer it bears clusters of insignificant greenish flowers, followed by pinkish fruits that open to reveal fleshy orange seeds. Birds eat and disseminate the seeds.

This shade-loving...

(Running Strawberry Bush, Variegated Wintercreeper)

One of the best known and most durable broadleaf evergreens, variegated wintercreeper is a hardy groundcover or shrub from China. The cultivar 'Variegatus' is a compact mounding shrub with dark green and cream-edged leaves that are red-tinged in winter. Its yellowish stems can climb via rootlike holdfasts. In late spring and early summer it bears clusters of insignificant greenish flowers, followed by pinkish fruits that open to reveal fleshy orange seeds. Birds eat and disseminate the seeds.

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(Wintercreeper, Wolong Ghost' Wintercreeper)

One of the best known and most durable broadleaf evergreens, wintercreeper is a hardy groundcover or shrub from China. Introduced by plantsman Dan Hinkley, the cultivar 'Wolong Ghost' is a low creeping shrub whose lance-shaped dark green leaves have showy white veins. Its stems can climb via rootlike holdfasts. Like most trailing forms of wintercreeper, it doesn't flower or fruit.

This shade-loving ornamental does well in most conditions except for damp soils. In colder climates it may suffer...

(Creeping Wintercreeper)

One of the best known and most durable broadleaf evergreens, wintercreeper is a hardy groundcover or shrub from China. The trailing stems of the long-popular variety radicans are densely furnished with oval leathery dark green leaves that are smaller than those of most other forms. The stems root at the nodes to form a mat-like groundcover. They can also climb via rootlike holdfasts. Like most trailing forms of wintercreeper, it doesn't flower or fruit.

This shade-loving ornamental does...

(Creeping Variegated Wintercreeper, Creeping Wintercreeper)

One of the best known and most durable broadleaf evergreens, wintercreeper is a hardy groundcover or shrub from China. A selection of the long-popular variety radicans, 'Argenteo-variegata' bears oval leathery dark-green leaves with white markings. The trailing stems root at the nodes to form a mat-like groundcover. They can also climb via rootlike holdfasts. Like most trailing forms of wintercreeper, it doesn't flower or fruit.

This shade-loving ornamental does well in most conditions...

(Bigleaf Wintercreeper)

One of the best known and most durable broadleaf evergreens, wintercreeper is a hardy groundcover or shrub from China. Introduced to gardens in the mid-19th century, the variety vegetus bears broad oval dull green leaves on upright or prostrate stems. The stems can climb tree trunks or structures via rootlike holdfasts. In late spring and early summer it produces clusters of insignificant greenish flowers, followed by abundant pinkish fruits that open to reveal fleshy orange seeds. Birds...