How to Grow Sweet Woodruff
Galium odoratum
Your complete guide to growing Sweet Woodruff.
📷 Wikipedia: Galium odoratumWhen to Plant Sweet Woodruff
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Companion Plants for Sweet Woodruff
✓ Good companions
Similar low-growing habit and shade tolerance, creates dense ground cover carpet
Similar shade and moisture requirements, creates beautiful layered woodland garden
Natural woodland companions with matching shade and humidity needs
Shares preference for partial shade and well-draining soil, adds color contrast
Both thrive in shade and moist soil, complementary textures and foliage
Matching shade requirements and spreading nature, both form attractive ground cover
Both prefer cool, moist shade and bloom in spring, complementary ground cover
Native woodland companion with similar growing conditions and spreading habit
✗ Keep away from
Can outcompete and smother the delicate spreading habit of sweet woodruff
Produces juglone toxin that inhibits growth of many plants including sweet woodruff
Require dry, sunny conditions opposite to sweet woodruff's moist, shady needs
