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Polygonatum graminifolium

Grass-leaved Solomon Seal

Plant Type:

SHADE PERENNIALS

Polygonatum graminifolium - This marvelous Solomon's Seal gem with whorls of Rosemary-like foliage, pink to lavender-pink florets and pink fruits is charming in a pot, trough, rock garden or as a colony edging a woodland path. Flowering in May / June it will tolerate a fair amount of sun to dappled shade in fertile draining ground. If happy the Grass-Leaved Solomon's Seal will slowly increase.


Height:

6-8 in

Colors:

Lavender Pink

Zone:

5 to 7(8?)
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Characteristics and Attributes for Polygonatum graminifolium

Season of Interest (Flowering)

  • Spring

Season of Interest (Foliage)

  • Spring / Summer / into Autumn

Light

  • Sun Tolerant
  • Dappled Shade
  • Morning Sun / Afternoon Shade

Attributes

  • Potted Plant
  • Trough
  • Collector Plant
  • Rock Garden

Growth Rate in the Garden

  • Slow

Soil

  • Draining
  • Fertile

Origins

  • Nepal

Propagated By

  • Division

Genus Overview: Polygonatum

Common Name: Solomon's Seal

These are the architectural Solomon Seals, all strong contrasting counterpoint to other denizens in the woodland/shade garden. Solomon Seals form spectacular colonies of upright arching stems from rhizomes just under the surface soil and leaf duff. Allan Armitage writes in his 2nd edition of Herbaceous Perennial Plants, “The common name Solomon’s Seal may have been derived from the circular sunken scars that remain on the rootstock after the leaf stalks die and fall off; the scar somewhat resembles a seal impressed on wax on official documents or letters in former times.” The simple leaves are obovate to elliptic turning yellow to golden brown in autumn before dropping. All prefer open shade to morning sun. When flowers are pollinated dangling blue fruits may develop on short paired pedicels along stems from leaf axils. All of the following offerings are by pot grown established division.