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Smilacena racemosa
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*Smilacena racemosa* $11.95 common name: false Solomon's seal flowering season: late spring into early summer height: 2 or 2½ feet Light requirements: shade or morning sunlight Soil requirements: average to rich Water requirments: average Growth habit: grows as a clump How to propagate: divide in early to mid-spring Leaf type: broadly oval leaves Ways to use it: in a woodland or shade garden Special characteristics: the creamy flowers are sweetly fragrant Other points of interests: native to much of North America, south into northern Mexico This native woodland perennial is seen less in gardens than it deserves. The upright, arching stems have lots of style with their broadly oval leaves and fluffy heads of fragrant creamy-white flowers in late spring, followed with large berries that turn red by fall. Slowly spreading into a widening clump, it is well behaved. A newer name for this plant is Maianthemum racemosum. Hardy and undemanding in USDA Zones 4 - 8 in the East, Zone 4 - 9 in the West. Some gardeners might be confused between this plant and another plant popularly known as “Solomon's seal,” Polygonatum odoratum, which we also offer on this website. They are both lovely plants. However, if you are wanting the one that is fragrant, this one, Smilacena, is the one to get. Even though the other one, Polygonatum odoratum, is the one you think would be fragrant because of its name, the plants of it offered by nurseries across the country are unscented. The fragrance of Smilacena is strong enough that you do not have to ask yourself if there is anything wrong with your sniffer. The other one, Polygonatum odoratum, is well worth growing despite its lack of scent due to its regal, upright form, attractive pairs of flowers and leaves that are edged in cream.


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