Smilacina racemosa - False Solomon's Seal

Smilacina racemosa - False Solomon's SealSmilacina or Maianthemum racemosum, commonly called false Solomon's seal, is a native wildflower that is a clump forming perennial which typically grows 2 3' tall and slowly spreads by thick rhizomes, often forming large colonies in the wild. Features unbranched, gracefully arching stems of alternate, oval, pointed, light green leaves with conspicuously parallel veins. Tiny, fragrant, creamy white flowers appear at the stem ends in terminal, plumy,

This low-growing bugleweed will spread in the garden by stolons (reptans means creeping) to form an attractive

Attracts: Birds

narrow strap-like leaves

Bloom Description: Pale pink

deciduous shrub that typically grows to 3-6’ tall and is noted for producing a mid to late summer bloom of sweetly fragrant white flowers which appear in narrow

Height: 6-10 Feet

Height: 24-36 in

Bloom color: Yellow

Sold both as Gillenia trifoliata and Porteranthus trifoliatus

Flowers are followed by greenish berries which turn an attractive ruby red in summer

Foliage Color: Dark Purple

high (150-180 cm) and 2 ft