SWEET WOODRUFF
Galium odoratum
SKU: 10-010
Description
Probably the most beautiful and easy to care for ground-cover available, Sweet Woodruff has dainty bright-green foliage, topped with lacy white flowers in spring and summer. Plants slowly creep to form a complete ground-cover, even in the driest and most poor soils, and even in acidic soils under evergreen trees. Plants never need watering, and will crown out weeds, yet easily allow taller plants and trees around them to continue to grow above them. We cannot say enough good things about this plant!
Very limited supply!
Type: Hardy perennial
Hardiness zones: 3-9
Location: Shade or part shade
Seeds per pack: 10
Germination: Start these seeds right away to preserve viability, no matter the time of year. These seeds require a period of cold. Sow the seeds just under the surface of a sterile seed-start mix, and water in. Leave them at room temperature for 2 weeks. They will not grow yet. Then cover them with plastic and place in a fridge for 5-6 weeks. Be sure they stay moist. After the cold stratification period they are then brought back to room temperature for them to germinate. Seedlings will sprout about 50-70 days after being removed from the cold, though can occasionally take several months. If possible, the best location for sowing in March, April and May, is in cold frame or a cold greenhouse where they will receive the cold period and fluctuating temperatures naturally.
Description
Probably the most beautiful and easy to care for ground-cover available, Sweet Woodruff has dainty bright-green foliage, topped with lacy white flowers in spring and summer. Plants slowly creep to form a complete ground-cover, even in the driest and most poor soils, and even in acidic soils under evergreen trees. Plants never need watering, and will crown out weeds, yet easily allow taller plants and trees around them to continue to grow above them. We cannot say enough good things about this plant!
Very limited supply!
Type: Hardy perennial
Hardiness zones: 3-9
Location: Shade or part shade
Seeds per pack: 10
Germination: Start these seeds right away to preserve viability, no matter the time of year. These seeds require a period of cold. Sow the seeds just under the surface of a sterile seed-start mix, and water in. Leave them at room temperature for 2 weeks. They will not grow yet. Then cover them with plastic and place in a fridge for 5-6 weeks. Be sure they stay moist. After the cold stratification period they are then brought back to room temperature for them to germinate. Seedlings will sprout about 50-70 days after being removed from the cold, though can occasionally take several months. If possible, the best location for sowing in March, April and May, is in cold frame or a cold greenhouse where they will receive the cold period and fluctuating temperatures naturally.
