Sweet Woodruff

Sweet Woodruff
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Sweet Woodruff (Asperula) - A. odorata, which belongs to the same family as the Coffee Plant, is abundant in many parts of Britain, and worthy of the garden or shrubbery, ...

Sweet Woodruff
Characteristics
Very defined leaf shape with seven leaves around the stem at intevals. White flowers have just four petals and has a aroma that is used as a flavouring.

Sweet Woodruff, Sweet-scented Bedstraw
Scientific Name: Galium odoratum (L.) Scop.
Synonym: Asperula odorata
Family: Rubiaceae ...

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Galium odoratum ...

Sweet Woodruff, Asperula odorata, Bedstraw
Some of these herbs and perennials are grown in rock gardens, while others do best in shady woodland locations.

Sweet Woodruff, Galium odoratum, Perennial Groundcover for Shade
Sweet woodruff surprises with its starry springtime flowers and delicate leaves. Learn why this shade perennial is a top groundcover for woodland gardens.
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Sweet Woodruff is occasionally called Fragrant Bedstraw or Our Lady's Bedstraw, for in Catholic mythology it becomes sacred to the Virgin Mary.

SWEET WOODRUFF (Galium odoratum; or Asperula ordorata)
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The Sweet Woodruff, a favourite little plant growing in woods and on shaded hedgebanks, may be readily recognized by its small white flowers (in bloom in May and June) set on a tender stalk, with narrow, ...

Use
Sweet woodruff is most often used in flavoring German May wine and in other drinks.

Sweet Woodruff [English]: Galium odoratum
Sweet Wormwood [English]: Artemisia annua
Sweet Yam [English]: Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
Sweet Yarrow [English]: Achillea ageratum
Sweet Yarrow [English]: Achillea ageratum 'Moonwalker' ...

Sweet Woodruff
Sweet Woodruff Galium odoratum
Sycamore
California Platanus racemosa
Hybrid or European (London Planetree) Platanus × acerifolia
Taiwania
Taiwania Taiwania cryptomerioides
Tamarack ...

Galium odoratum - Sweet Woodruff
Hedychium species - Ginger Lily
*Helianthus angustifolius - Swamp Sunflower
Hemerocallis hybrids and species - Daylily
*Hibiscus coccineus - Scarlet Swamp Hibiscus
Hibiscus species - Rose Mallow ...

Other woodland favorites include goatsbeard (Aruncus dioicus), columbines (Aquilegia sp.), sweet woodruff (Asperula odorata), hardy orchids (Bletilla striata and Calanthe sp.), northern sea oats (Chasmanthium latifolium), ...

Spring
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis, Zone 3) Sweet woodruff (Galium odoratum, Zone 5)
Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia, Zone 3) Willow blue-star (Amsonia tabernaemontana, Zone 3) ...

Finally, Karen planted perennials, ferns, and groundcovers, including lilies-of-the-valley, sweet woodruffs, and violets for fragrance. The sun-dappled woodland still has a native feel, but with a more personal and unexpected touch.
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Some shade-tolerant perennials especially well suited for Colorado's semi-arid environment are lady's mantle, sweet woodruff and coralbells, and shrubs like mahonia, golden currant and thimbleberry.

Interplanting a drift of Siberian Blugloss with a fine-textured, flowering, partial shade-tolerant groundcover (Bugleweed, Sweet Woodruff, Barren Strawberry, Lilyturf, Grape Hyacinths, Creeping Baby's Breath, etc.) is especially effective.

Spearmint (Mentha spicata)
Spikenard (Nardostachys grandiflora or N. jatamansi)
Star anise (Illicium verum)
Sumac (Rhus coriaria)
Sweet woodruff (Galium odoratum)
Szechuan pepper, Sichuan pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum) ...

See also: Woodruff, May, Green, Galium odoratum, Grass