Galium odoratum

Ground-covering woodland perennial with mats of pure white flowers in spring

<em>Galium odoratum</em>

Galium odoratum

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Galium odoratum

Established plants in two-litre containers

Description

Galium odoratum, more commonly known as Sweet Woodruff, is our absolute go-to plant for providing interest in hard-to-grow shady areas under trees. Able to cope with dry, shady areas where trees draw moisture out, it emerges early in the season with whorls of delicate, gently climbing mats of mid-green foliage. From mid-spring it puts on a dramatic show of pure white flowers, absolutely carpeting the area it grows, before settling down later in the season to provide a gentle mat of green interest, great for providing a backdrop for showy shrubs and summer-flowering bulbs later in the season. We’ve yet to find somewhere where it doesn’t grow and gently spread, and in our gardens it will alway have a home mingling among vincas and hydrangeas in woodland settings.

These established, garden-ready plants have been grown in peat-free compost at our nursery in Cornwall and are supplied in two-litre containers. They will grow to an ultimate height of about 20cm (7 or 8 inches or so) and gently spread around via runners.

Growing Advice

Sweet woodruff is a plant and forget plant for us, which will cope in a range of soils and conditions but is best suited to shadier or semi-shaded spots under and around trees or shrubs. Because it spreads via runners it isn’t best for a spot where you want tight control, and it can out-muscle other more gentle ground-covering plants, but we’ve always found it easy to control by digging up clumps where it gets into unwanted areas. Though semi-evergreen it benefits from a liberal sheer over (or just pull up the old foliage by hand) in early spring, to allow light and air get reach the new foliage and to get the best flowering display.

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