Description
Sweet Woodruff is a low-spreading herbaceous perennialwith aromatic dark green lance-shaped foliage on square stems. Loose cymes of fragrant white flowers bloom in masses come late spring. Flowers best in and moist to wet well-drained soils. As the fragrance intensifies as it dries, Sweet Woodruff is often used in potpourris.
|
Type: |
Perennial, Groundcover |
|
Height: |
0.5′ – 1′ |
|
ad: |
1′ – 1.5’ |
|
Spacing: |
1’ |
|
USDA Hardiness Zone: |
4 – 8 |
|
Culture: |
Part Sun, Full Shade |
|
Bloom Color: |
White |
|
Season of Interest: |
Spring |
MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. No serious pests or diseases. Foliage may go dormant in summer if planted in sun or soils dry.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Rock Gardens, Foundational Plantings, Groundcover, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Woodland Phlox, Bleeding Heart, Hosta
IMAGES: Jack Pearce, My Back Yard, Spring Flowers — “Ahhhh…Sweet Woodruff”, (2) Photo by David J. Stang, Galium odoratum 8zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Christopher Schlosser, Group of Galium odoratum in forest, CC BY-SA 3.0, (4) Björn Traeger, Galium odoratum Flower, CC BY-SA 3.0, (5) Andreas Rockstein, Galium odoratum
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
This item is shipped direct from our grower to your door.
Free Shipping included for this item.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.