(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...

(Tricolor Wintercreeper, Wintercreeper)

Tricolor wintercreeper is a low growing evergreen shrub with a compact rounded habit. It originates from China and is grown for its attractive glossy variegated leaves. These are dark green with variable white and cream markings and turn pink hues in the fall and winter.

This shade-loving ornamental is tolerant of a wide range of soils and soil conditions. In colder climates it may suffer from winter burn if exposed to too much light and wind. It is a vigorous plant that is well suited to foundation...

(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...

(Japanese Euonymus)

Popular in gardens since Victorian times, Japanese spindletree is a dense, oval to pyramidal, broadleaf evergreen native to eastern Asia. Somewhat slow growing, it eventually forms a large shrub or small tree. The lustrous leathery oval leaves look great year-round. Small yellow vinegar-scented flowers appear in late spring to early summer followed by rose-hued fruits that open to reveal orange-red seeds (arils). Most cultivated specimens bear little or no fruit. Many cultivars are grown, including...

(Japanese Euonymus, Variegated Japanese Spindletree)

Japanese spindle tree is a medium to large, dense, broadleaf evergreen shrub native to eastern Asia. The cultivar 'Aureo-marginatus' features oval-shaped, leathery, deep-green leaves, generously edged in yellow. Small yellow vinegar-scented flowers appear in late spring and early summer. Like most Japanese spindletree cultivars, 'Aureo-marginatus' rarely if ever fruits.

This relatively cold-tender shrub tolerates a wide range of growing environments including clay and acid soils, full sun to...