Galax aphylla*

Creamy white flowers on slender racemes and shiny heart shaped leaves that are often used in Christmas decorations. The leathery leaves sit on long petioles and make a wonderful groundcover for under Rhododendrons; this can form large colonies rather quickly under the right conditions, but needs a shady acid site, foliage is much like Shortia, its much easier to please but not as elegant. Note that the woodlanders marked with an * ship either early to mid march or summer dormant.