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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 18 - 24 inches
Plant Spread: 12-18 inches (some say 36 inches in 5 years)
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Fruit: Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Tolerates dry shade
Humidity tolerant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Other: all parts toxic
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Root
Division
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Variegated Solomon's Seal
  • Fragrant Solomon's Seal
  • Striped Solomon's Seal

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Location: Washington DC
Date: late October 2022
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2017-05-11
Location: Beautiful Tennessee 
Date: May 2013
bright spot in semi shade
Location: Beautiful Tennessee 
Date: spring 2013
wonderful plant
Location: Meadowlark Botanical Garden, Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-01
Location: Beautiful Tennessee 
Date: May 2013
rhizome-roots
Location: Brownstown Pennsylvania
Date: 2017-05-02
Location: Beautiful Tennessee 
Date: March 2014
shoots emerging
Location: Apple Valley MN
Date: 2018-05-12
Location: Apple Valley MN
Date: 2017-05-19
Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2013-06-03
1 year ago, was a 1/2\" root piece - finally has sent up some lea
Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2013-06-03
1 year ago, was a 1/2\" root piece - finally has sent up some lea
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2020-05-02
Early growth, shoots of Variegated Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum od
Location: Ed Burton, NE Wisconsin
Date: 2016-05-23
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Date: 2018-05-09
Location: garden of botanist Robert R. Kowal in Madison, Wisconsin
Date: April 29, 2012
photo by James Steakley

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2016-06-02

Date: 2004-05-10
Uploaded by plantcollector
Uploaded by plantcollector
Location: Ed Burton, NE Wisconsin
Date: 2016-05-14
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-04-21
love the slight pink coloration of the emerging spear

Courtesy Gardens in the Wood of Grassy Creek
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Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2015-10-11
Location: my garden zone 7A Cape Cod, MA
Date: 2017-05-19
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lovesblooms On May 8, 2015 Obtained plant
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lovesblooms On May 8, 2015 Transplanted
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dnrevel On May 13, 2022 Bloomed
Just a lovely sight every spring. I love the pendulous blooms, as well as the entire show of how it arises from the earth each early spring.
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