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A pretty, elegant and rather tiny North American species. Does best in good light and with some moisture. I have seen it in gardens looking really wonderful, but in my own garden it is always rather feeble. Plants of the World online says: "The native range of this species is Subarctic America to NE. Mexico. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome." Crug Farm Plants say in their plant list: "One of the most useful and easily grown species originating from North American forests. Not to be confused with the clump-forming M. racemosum, as the slender creeping rhizomes of this species are far reaching filling any available space. With upright wiry stems of narrow leaves, terminating in a panicle of lightly scented white starry flowers in spring to early summer, followed by strange stripped fleshy red fruits. Height 30-45cm. Spread 45cm. A very hardy perennial tolerant of most conditions, but best grown in partial shade in a moist well drained soil. The Beth Chatto website says: "Good in large shady areas with, Allium ursinum (wild garlic), Convallaria, (lily of the valley, and Arum italicum where its colonies of short, leafy stems topped in spring with spires of starry white flowers make it effective ground cover. Spreading to invasive." |
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| 24th May 2005 | ||
