Galium odoratum ~ Sweet Woodruff

Galium odoratum ~ Sweet WoodruffSweet Woodruff is a low spreading herbaceous perennial with 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

Sweet Woodruff is a low-spreading herbaceous perennial  with 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.

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.