Franeli: By golly, I think you/ve got it. Thanks. Here is a site that came up when I did a search for "dead nettle herman's pride" : www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/groundcovers/directory/deadnettle_herman.html

I have PLENTY of both regular and variegated kerria japonica if you want some suckers, also clerodendrum trichotoma (harlequin glorybower -- a nice five-foot shrub that blooms in white fragrant flat panicles, then the berries turn blue while the brachts stay maroon, and then later the leaves go golden before they drop -- definitely a three-season shrub, though again it DOES sucker). I also have a large abelia (really a part-sun shrub, but truly blooms all summer) that I would like to dig up and replace with a blueberry. I live in Lanham, near NASA -- is that close enough for you? LynnT

Hmm, doesn't look like my previous post got posted, so here goes. I'm also in NJ and we've been in our house for 2 1/2 years. Half our front yard and another garden bed are filled with pachysandra because they are under the tall pine trees we have here. They spread faster than we want them to. In fact, without us even realizing it, they created their own soil out of fallen leaves and spread over our driveway about 18 inches since we've been here. It was like a thick carpet we had to cut through and roll up to move it back into the garden bed again. It is beautiful to look at, but very difficult to get rid of. Their roots are very thick and everywhere. If however, you would like more of it, you are more than welcome to come and dig some up in our yard. We have lots and lots to share.

Lamiastrum galeobdelon, aka yellow archangel. In some areas - like mine - it is a listed invasive!