spotted wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
USDA zones5 to 8
SunHandles partial sun or full shade
WaterHandles dry to moderate soil
Size12 inches tall6 to 9 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Subshrub
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- White
- Foliage color
- Green, white
- Soil types
- Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Spotted wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata) is a perennial for ground cover, shade gardens, and woodland plantings. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes part sun to full shade and dry to average, sandy soil. Nodding, fragrant white flowers open in early to late summer, and bees visit them. The evergreen leaves are mottled with white, so the plant adds interest in winter and summer. Deer tend to browse other plants first.
Pairs well with Wild geranium, Lady fern, and Duke blueberry.
Native range
AL, AZ, CT, DC, and 24 more places. See all 28
AL, AZ, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV; ON, and QC.