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Graceful groundcover growing 6in or a little more high, with creeping rhizomes.  Arching stems bloom for 2 or 3 weeks in the spring, with nodding, nicely scented flowers shaped like little white bells.  The attractive broad green leaves are deciduous, and the plants produce red berries in the autumn.  They and the rest of the plant are poisonous.  Some cultivars have variegated (with cream) foliage, double blooms, or pink blooms.  Good ground cover for places with light to medium shade, but where well adapted can become invasive as it naturalizes.   

Graceful [[groundcover]] growing 6in or a little more high, with creeping [[rhizomes]].  Arching stems bloom for 2 or 3 weeks in the spring, with nodding, nicely scented [[flowers]] shaped like little white bells.  The attractive broad green [[leaves]] are [[deciduous]], and the plants produce red berries in the [[autumn]].  They and the rest of the plant are poisonous.  Some cultivars have [[variegated]] (with cream) foliage, double blooms, or pink blooms.  Good ground cover for places with light to medium [[shade]], but where well adapted can become [[invasive]] as it [[naturalize]]s.   

==Cultivation==

==Cultivation==

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Soil should be damp, rich and leafy.  Apply thick leaf mold much in the fall for great spring flowers and health.  Pips (single rhizomes) and plants should be planted in the yard before soil freezes.  Place plants 1-2 feet apart, and pips 4-5in apart.   

Soil should be damp, rich and leafy.  Apply thick leaf mold [[mulch]] in the fall for great [[spring]] flowers and health.  [[Pip]]s (single rhizomes) and plants should be planted in the yard before soil freezes.  Place plants 1-2 feet apart, and pips 4-5in apart.   

===Propagation===

===Propagation===

Remove flesh from ripe seeds and sow in cold frame.  Rhizomes can be divided in the fall.  A 6 inch rhizome can be divided into about 6 new plants.  Keep young plants moist, preferably with mulch.

Remove flesh from ripe [[seeds]] and [[sow]] in [[cold frame]].  Rhizomes can be divided in the fall.  A 6 inch rhizome can be divided into about 6 new plants.  Keep young plants moist, preferably with mulch.

===Pests and diseases===

===Pests and diseases===

Botrytis can be a small problem, though not usually something to be concerned with.

[[Botrytis]] can be a small problem, though not usually something to be concerned with.

==Species==

==Species==