Horticulture

Solomon’s Seal

SHADE GARDENS are known for their elegance and quiet beauty, and of all the plants that grow in a shaded nook, is there one more elegant or beautiful than Polygonatum biflorum, commonly called Solomon’s seal?

Picture this: In the crepuscular shadows under trees that hog all the direct sunlight, Japanese painted ferns ( var. ) toss their lacy fronds beside the plump, blue-green, seersucker leaves of . Around them emerge zigzag stems that form pretty arches, reaching 18 to 30 inches

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