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Hardiness: USDA Zone 3a: to -39.9 °C (-40 °F) USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 °C (-35 °F) USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade Light Shade
Danger: N/A
Bloom Color: Pale Yellow Chartreuse (Yellow-Green) White/Near White
Bloom Time: Mid Spring Late Spring/Early Summer
Foliage: Grown for foliage Herbaceous Smooth-Textured
Other details: Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
Soil pH requirements: 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
Patent Information: Non-patented
Propagation Methods: By dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs (including offsets)
Seed Collecting: Bag seedheads to capture ripening seed
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 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.
On May 27, 2009, roser207 from Bellefonte, PA (Zone 5b) wrote:
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 early morning...Wonderful!
On May 1, 2009, hart from Shenandoah Valley, VA wrote:
Wow, one woman's trash is another woman's treasure. I love this plant. The variegated leaves are beautiful and the delicate flowers are charming.
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.
On May 17, 2008, allgaul from Cherry Hill, NJ wrote:
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 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!
On May 16, 2008, lemurianne from Ida Grove, IA (Zone 5a) wrote:
I hate this plant! It is EVERYWHERE in my yard -- sun, shade, nestled among tree roots, under my sidewalk(!), everywhere! Highly invasive 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.
On May 23, 2005, CatskillKarma from West Kill, NY wrote:
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'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.
On Oct 31, 2004, lmelling from Ithaca, NY (Zone 5b) wrote:
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 been 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 shady, moist garden. Just finished blooming in fact. Can't wait to see what happens with it next season!
On May 2, 2001, kat7 from Bloomingdale, NJ (Zone 6a) wrote:
regal shade plant with slender arching stems that bear beautiful ovate-veined light green foliage. Small white tubular flowers dangle gracefully all along the stems in late spring and early summer.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
, Montevallo, Alabama Morrilton, Arkansas Los Altos, California Old Lyme, Connecticut Wilmington, Delaware Cordele, Georgia Marietta, Georgia Woodstock, Georgia Evanston, Illinois Washington, Illinois Wheaton, Illinois Ida Grove, Iowa Olathe, Kansas Overbrook, Kansas Hebron, Kentucky Melbourne, Kentucky Finksburg, Maryland Westminster, Maryland Hingham, Massachusetts Mashpee, Massachusetts Quincy, Massachusetts Wellfleet, Massachusetts Bay City, Michigan Grand Haven, Michigan Royal Oak, Michigan Bowlus, Minnesota Isle, Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota (2 reports) Eunice, Missouri Piedmont, Missouri Warrensburg, Missouri Lincoln, Nebraska Cherry Hill, New Jersey Frenchtown, New Jersey Plainfield, New Jersey Blossvale, New York Brooklyn, New York Buffalo, New York Fairport, New York Ithaca, New York New York, New York Ogdensburg, New York Syracuse, New York Wading River, New York West Kill, New York Boone, North Carolina Raleigh, North Carolina Coshocton, Ohio Glouster, Ohio Hilliard, Ohio North Olmsted, Ohio Stow, Ohio Inola, Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Tulsa, Oklahoma Bellefonte, Pennsylvania Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania Hope Valley, Rhode Island Conway, South Carolina Rock Hill, South Carolina Murfreesboro, Tennessee Newport, Tennessee Blacksburg, Virginia Fort Valley, Virginia Lexington, Virginia Chimacum, Washington Seattle, Washington Onalaska, Wisconsin
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