Herbs: What herb can I plant in this spot? , 0 by sempervirens

sempervirens wrote:
herbalbetty and critterologist,
I am clearly not an expert in growing this plant, Gaultheria procumbens . In an earlier thread I had mentioned I repeatedly lost this plant and I got two suggestions. The first was to try and purchase a locally grown plant and I was able to find one close by in NJ that was actually grown at the nursery. The second was it was sensitive to and needed a particular mycorrhizal fungi association. Although I did not attempt to try purchasing any mychorrhizal I thought if I allowed and encouraged a part of the garden to develop the natural accumulation of woodland "duff" the area would be more compatible to woodland plants. I then found out that some of the good gardening practices that encouraged earthworms (enriching with compost ) was detrimental to the growth of woodland plants. It seems the earthworms( mostly non native) disturb and destroy the natural and necessary environment the woodland plants need to grow and in fact the worms are escaping into our woodlands at an alarming rate. So although I remove the larger leaves and twigs that might smother plants I try to leave the area alone.
I am not a scientist so my explanation might not be scientifically correct and you might want to do a more serious search.
Here is a photo of my 2 year old plant in the natural duff with partridgeberry (Mitchella repens).