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Sweet Woodruff
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Sweet Woodruff

Galium odoratum
Also called Lady's Laces by old-country cottagers. The small, fresh green leaves in whorls and the sparkling white flowers, like clusters of tiny stars, make this perennial a treasure of the shady, moist spring garden. A ground cover that spreads quickly to form uniform mats of green. Dried leaves are fragrant of freshly mown hay and were once used as strewing herbs to freshen oak floors in early England. Today we use sweet woodruff as an essential ingredient in May wine and potpourri.
SKU #S1144
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Approximate Seeds Per Packet
37
Lifecycle
Perennial
Perennial Hardiness Zone
4,
5,
6,
7,
8
Mature Size
8" h x 1.5-2' w
Sun
Partial shade to full shade
Soil
Regular, moist, well-drained
Season
Spring to summer
Color
Clusters of petite white stars
Features
Deer Resistant
SOWING INSTRUCTIONS
Depth:
Surface sow. Sprinkle with vermiculite if desired.
Sprout Time:
7-21 days.
Starting Indoors:
Not recommended.
Starting Outdoors:
Direct sow in fall or earliest spring, as soon as the ground can be worked.
PLACEMENT & CULTIVATION
Sweet woodruff excells in moist soils in shady areas, best in informal borders and woodland gardens. Self-sows and also spreads by underground runners—it may begin to take over in optimum growing conditions, its delicate whorled foliage and frothy white flowers serving as a beautiful low maintenance ground cover.
Final Spacing:
1-2'
Water Requirements:
High Water Use
Watering Details:
Keep moist: at least 1" per week
Soil pH:
Prefers slightly acidic, but tolerates a very wide range of pH levels
Fertilizer:
Mix in a few inches of compost or organic granular all-purpose fertilizer before planting and topdress every spring.
Diseases & Pests:
No major problems.