@jespah,
We have a blight and a fungoidy thing goin on with pachysandra's. Our gradual conversion to more of a banana belt climate has offered some challenges as well as opportunities.
Penn State came out with a notice about getting rid of pachysandra in the mid Atlantic.
It woulda been a first choice had we not lost a whole boatload of the dear little plants.
I must add that I WILL NOT ABIDE IVY. I am ivy intolerant. Thats a plant that, once it gets hold, will uproot entire buildings