Ticks are an incredibly annoying and dangerous pest. If you want to help prevent them from setting up shop in your yard, ...

Pachysandra is a rugged, evergreen perennial with glistening foliage that looks good year-round. While it's considered a member of the boxwood family, pachysandra is typically grown as a groundcover.

Pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis), also called Japanese spurge, is a ground cover that is widely planted. It can form dense 6- to 10-inch-high carpets of evergreen vegetation that spreads by ...

Are you another unfortunate gardener who has spreading pachysandra in your yard? I realize it has some redeeming qualities and some may love it. It is not my mission to offend in any way. My war is ...

Dear Carol: I have a lot of healthy pachysandra, but I also have some dying areas covering approximately 1 to 2 feet in diameter. Do you know of anything that can attack these plants? -- F.R.

It seems, based on the number inquiries we’ve received concerning patches of wilting or dying pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis), that this spring has been particularly hard on the plants. The ...

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