Solomon's Seals relatives with lots of variety for shadey places, even qutie dry for some of them. Addictive if you like subtle green and brown plants with a bit of pink!
Upright red stippled stems with narrow, yellowish green, leaflets in whorls and clumps of straw-yellow flowers with green tips and red markings. Each leaf is equipped with a tendril on its tip.
A very dwarf form often growing to no more than 10cm. Leafy stems are topped with mid-pink, funnel-shaped flowers in spring. Sheltered, leafy soil in part shade.
A dwarf species with fresh green foliage and pendent white flowers with green tips in spring followed by black berries. 20cm. Good, leafy soil in shade.
A robust species close to the common P. odoratum this produces strong arching stems to 90cm dripping with relatively large white bells with jade-green tips in late spring. Good soil in shade.
Slow and low growing this species has narrow leaves on short stems to 15cm topped with clusters of narrow sugar-pink bells in spring. Good woodsy soil in shade.
Obtained as P. commutatum, which is P. biflorum but this is NOT that! Pretty jade-green bells hang in clusters from arching stems to about 70cm. Good, woodland soil in shade.
Whorls of narrow leaves on slender stems to about 60cm. Smallish green bell-like flowers in late spring. The flowers and stems are often spotted reddish purple and the foliage has a purple flush when young. Late to emerge. Good, woodland soil in shade.
