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Galium odoratum |
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| Synonym(s) |
Asperula odorata |
| Common name |
sweet woodruff |
| Family |
rubiaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
white (spring) |
| Size |
6" |
| Light |
shade-sun |
| Cultural notes |
easy to grow |
Low-growing groundcover with a profusion of white flowers in spring, and fresh-green foliage all season. Spreads fairly rapidly, but does not become invasive. It covers an entire section of our side garden, surrounded by flagstone paths and centered by a small crabapple tree, and pretty much looks good all the time.
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| John Barlow | Dec 02, 2011 | I am after a plant to use for a path and small sitting is sweet woodruff the one or is there a better option ? It is not heavy traffic area.
It depends. I don't believe sweet woodruff is considered "walkable", so I would not put it where it will be underfoot. Whether it will be happy in your sitting area depends on the sun/shade condition, and the availability of moisture (it doesn't like to be too dry). |
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