2024年8月14日 · Sweet woodruff (Galium odoratum) has a wonderful aromatic quality and can tolerate part-shade or full shade. Learn how to grow this versatile plant.

Galium odoratum, the sweet woodruff [1] or sweetscented bedstraw, [3] is a flowering perennial plant in the family Rubiaceae, native to much of Europe. It is widely cultivated for its flowers and its sweet-smelling foliage.

2024年9月17日 · Galium odoratum (sweet woodruff) is commonly used as a ground cover. It is often grown under trees because the roots deter competition, and the leaves can hog all the sunlight. Sweet woodruff is stronger than it looks and will assert dominance by sending out creeping roots to establish itself.

2021年8月31日 · Sweet woodruff ground cover, with its star-shaped whorls of leaves and lacy white flowers, can add interesting texture and spark to a deeply shaded part of the garden. Sweet woodruff care is easy and taking the time to plant sweet woodruff is well worth the effort.

2024年5月21日 · Sweet woodruff is a coffee (Rubiaceae) family member and an herbaceous perennial hardy in zones 4-9. It is a popular lawn alternative and needs little sunlight to thrive in tricky spots (like under trees or shrubs) where other plants may struggle.

Creeping throughout the garden, sweet woodruff offers a burst of bright, white flowers and fresh green leaves. It thrives in shady areas and adapts well to a variety of soils. A versatile herb and groundcover, growing sweet woodruff couldn’t be easier. Sweet woodruff is ideal as a filler in struggling sections of the garden.

2018年4月27日 · Flowers and leaves of this plant have that beautifully soft sweet scent of newly mown hay. Under optimum conditions sweet woodruff plants can spread rapidly by slender creeping rhizomes and self -seeding, but they do allow …

1996年4月1日 · Sweet woodruff, with its whorls of emerald green leaves and white starry flowers, is a welcome sight in late spring, and the foliage is attractive all season long. When dried, the leaves smell pleasantly of new-mown hay, honey, and vanilla.

2022年5月30日 · Sweet woodruff (Galium odoratum) is a perennial herb that makes an ideal plant for ground cover in shadier areas. It is characterized by its whorl-shaped leaf clusters and dainty white flowers.

Galium odoratum, commonly called sweet woodruff, is a mat-forming perennial that is most often grown as a ground cover in shady areas. Plants typically grow 8-12" tall and feature fragrant, lance-shaped, dark green leaves in whorls of 6-8 along square stems.