Excellent shade ground cover. It is a polite spreader and spreads by runners that travel over the soil surface and then put in roots at the leaf nodes. This is a plant that you don't mind weaving about the garden. The foliage is pretty, with some burgundy in the middle, surrounded by green outside. In the winter the foliage remains but takes on a color that makes it blend in with the surrounding soil so you can hardly notice it. The flowers in the spring are gorgeous, like little candles that stick out of a sea of green. The flowers persist for several weeks and are frequented by pollinators.

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