{"id":3716,"date":"2012-10-30T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=3716"},"modified":"2012-10-30T11:14:49","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T15:14:49","slug":"variegated-solomons-seal-designated-2013-perennial-plant-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2012\/10\/30\/variegated-solomons-seal-designated-2013-perennial-plant-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Variegated Solomon’s Seal Designated 2013 Perennial Plant of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Variegated Solomon's Seal in Virginia Tech's Hahn Gardens in Blacksburg<\/p><\/div>\n

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Variegated Solomon’s seal <\/em>( Polygonatum odoratum<\/em> \u2018Variegatum\u2019) is one of the finest perennials for the shade or woodland garden. It is the Asian cousin of U.S. native Solomon seal (P. commutatum<\/em>). Both species\u00a0are long- lived garden inhabitants.<\/p>\n

Variegated Solomon’s Seal handles\u00a02-3 hours of direct\u00a0morning sunlight in the Southern Appalachian region (USDA hardiness zones 6 and 7) if the soil is kept evenly moist. It grows 18 to 24 inches high and 3 to 4 feet wide in 10 years. As a groundcover it is not overly aggressive,\u00a0so plan on 4-5 years for it to nicely colonize. It possesses good drought tolerance after a two year establishment interval.<\/p>\n

Its creamy white bell-like flowers\u00a0appear in spring \u00a0under each leaf axil. The pleasantly fragrant lily-like flowers\u00a0lightly scent\u00a0the early evening air in the late April and May garden.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Its gently arching variegated foliage is\u00a0its key landscape appeal. The 3-4 inch long\u00a0olive green leaves are daintly edged in white. In the fall, the white margins turn\u00a0pale yellow with the greenish hues persisting to mid- autumn. Foliage and stems die off naturally in late autumn requiring little cleanup.<\/p>\n

Plant variegated Solomon’s Seal under the shade of large shrubs and trees in a moist, richly composted, well- drained woodland soil. Plant with other companion shade loving plants such as ferns, hostas, hardy ginger (Asarum), toadlily (Tricyrtis spp<\/em>.), brunnera (Brunnera macrophylla<\/em>), et al.<\/p>\n

Disease and pest issues are rare. Slugs may be problematic if wet weather persists or plants are frequently\u00a0irrigated overhead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Variegated Solomon’s seal ( Polygonatum odoratum \u2018Variegatum\u2019) is one of the finest perennials for the shade or woodland garden. It is the Asian cousin of U.S. native Solomon seal (P. commutatum). Both species\u00a0are long- lived garden inhabitants. Variegated Solomon’s Seal handles\u00a02-3 hours of direct\u00a0morning sunlight in the Southern Appalachian region (USDA hardiness zones 6 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,645,806,628,625,962,961,630,705,113],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3716"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3716"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4025,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3716\/revisions\/4025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}