Polygonatum Species, Solomon's Seal, Small Solomon's Seal, Smooth Solomon's seal

Excellent native woodland plant that handles heat & drought in these parts very well. A great companion is the Great Solomon's Seal(Poly...Read Moregonatum commutatum). Birds love the fruit and they provide nice woodland interest from early spring to late fall.

Planted in heavy clay, tons of water - it thrives here! But it hasn't spread all over. It is a nice size clump, but isn't taking over a...Read Moret all. So I recommend planting it in heavy clay if you don't want it to spread. Starts to come up in April and lasts for a long time! I love it!

I've been looking for this plant for a while... recently while on a hike in the Adirondacks I saw a large patch growing (in the wild). It...Read More's good to know that when/if I find some available for trade/purchase it will do well in my woodland garden.

Brooklyn Park/St. Paul,MN

I received a small clump of this plant from a friend and put them in my parent's yard in Brookly...Read Moren Park, MN. I put it in full sun/sandy soil, not knowing at the time what the name of the plant was. This was a late Spring transfer. The first year I didn't think it was going to make it. The following year it came back and spread. Every year it spreads and I have to give some away otherwise it takes over. I brought some to my house last year (St. Paul), put it in shade and it's taken off. Need to split again!

A friend gave me a start of Soloman's Seal this spring. I was very excited to see the beginnings of blooms. Yesterday we had a terrible...Read More storm with hail and high winds. Two stalks were broken down. I thought about sticking them into the ground just to see if they would root, but decided to make a clean cut and put them in a vase of water. Am I wasting my time? I really hated to toss them.

I love this plant! Easy to grow in shade. I have never found it to be invasive in my zone. And no one mentioned the fragrance in the ea...Read Morerly morning...Wonderful!

Wow, one woman's trash is another woman's treasure. I love this plant. The variegated leaves are beautiful and the delicate flowers are c...Read Moreharming.

It certainly hasn't been invasive for me at all. I have a still very small clump from a plant that was planted three years ago. It's in shade but in a fairly dry spot which I'm sure slows down spreading some.

I was given a few clumps of this plant about 5 years or so ago. It was VERY slow to take off in my NJ shade areas. Just last year it make...Read More a nice clump and started to spread. I divided the clump into 5 or 6 individual plants and replanted throughout my shady area. I am hoping that each will start to make a clump, it is one of my favorite early spring perennials! It is planted with hosta, dwarf astilbe, sweet woodruff and ferns. I didn't know the name of it until I came here today to see if I could find it somehow! Yay!

I hate this plant! It is EVERYWHERE in my yard -- sun, shade, nestled among tree roots, under my sidewalk(!), everywhere! Highly invasi...Read Moreve and not especially attractive, I'd definitely suggest caution to anyone thinking about planting this. At the back or in the middle of perennial beds it isn't so bad, but it won't stay there! Everywhere that I've dug to plant this Spring has been infested with polygonatum biflorum's huge rhizomes. I'd pay money to be rid of it.

Solomon's seal grow's wild everywhere here in the Catskills. The biflorum part of the species name is because the flowers of true Solomon...Read More's Seal grow in pairs along the leaf axils. I have some of the giant cultivar (3-4 ft) variety growing in a shady seating area in my yard as a memorial to my late pet Rhodesian Ridgeback Solomon. It is in bloom now, at the same time as some bleeding heart, which complements it well. Grows well with ferns and hostas, too.The area is shaded by swamp maples.

We have a lot of this plant growing wild in our woods.

This plant loves the shade. pokerboy.

A neighbor gave me a couple starts several years ago. I planted them in a moist shady spot and they've taken off like they've always bee...Read Moren there. No special treatment, no real care. And it's beautiful in flower, foliage and even fall color!

Hi - responding from St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada - Solomon's Seal transplanted well and is spreading like a much-desired weed in our...Read More shady, moist garden. Just finished blooming in fact. Can't wait to see what happens with it next season!

Great plant for shade, and not hard to get a clump started.

regal shade plant with slender arching stems that bear beautiful ovate-veined light green foliage. Small white tubular flowers dangle gr...Read Moreacefully all along the stems in late spring and early summer.