Last night was my first day of class back at the program in DC -- this semester I'm teaching a perennials for fall course, which I suspect will include no shortage of wonderful grasses and ferns.
In the meantime, we did take a look at this handy groundcover -- Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae. The common name, besides Robb's Euphorbia, can also be wood spurge, which led to some confusion last night, since that is also a name for the native Pachysandra, P. procumbens.. Add to that, this plant is similar(ish) to Pachysandra, in that it's an evergreen groundcover that spreads easily and quickly.
Of course, the radial leaf arrangement (the almond shape of the leaf accounts for the species name amygdaloides which means almond-like) is quite different and this plant has tall spikes of yellow flowers in the spring. The flowers (which are most noticeable due to their showy bracts and involucres) persist for several weeks in the spring.
It has such appeal in this area. Sometimes used well but often too random and overdone. In the past I haven't cared much for the look, until I see it really done well. The problem is you need so much of it.
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