Sweet Woodruff

Sweet woodruff, like pachysandra and vinca, is a fine choice for a flowering ground cover in shady areas. When grown in moist soil, sweet woodruff is sometimes invasive (that is, it spreads where you don't want it to). However, sweet woodruff won't spread much if grown in dry soil. Many plants perform poorly in dry shade, and you can use sweet woodruff as a landscape solution for such challenging areas.

My own sweet woodruff grows happily under a Kwanzan cherry tree during the growing season. I harvested it last fall and hung it up to dry; because, while it doesn't smell like much of anything while it is growing, dried sweet woodruff becomes fragrant enough to be used in potpourris. Comparisons to mown hay and vanilla have been used to describe this fragrance.

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