Polygonatum commutatum David Geiger Set it where you pass

Set it where you pass close in the cold months

'Rubrum' pours out flowers of rich

Like all of the wild azaleas

and cardinal flower

the plant grows upright and loosely branched to six or eight feet

Polygonatum commutatum David Geiger Set it where you passPolygonatum commutatum, the great or giant Solomon's seal, is a bold native perennial of the eastern North American woodlands, sending up tall, unbranched, gracefully arching stems clad in broad, oval, alternate leaves. From the leaf axils along the underside of each stem hang small, creamy white, bell shaped flowers, usually in pairs, in late spring and early summer. The flowers give way to small dark blue black berries in late summer, and the clean