Sweet Woodruff is known as Waldmeister in Germany, where it is heavily used for flavouring. Maibowle is a wine punch which traditionally uses Woodruff to give it a wonderful taste. Also makes a great syrup for diluting with sparkling water.
I garden in SW England... So, very ISH: WarmISH in summer, coldISH in winter. I have a HUGE problem with perennial weeds, especially bindweed, ground elder and creeping buttercup. After years of research and experiment, I've found that the best solution is to out-compete the weeds. And for that, sweet woodruff is a STAR! It thrives even in shade and refuses to be bullied.. Plus, it makes great tea!
I think one of the benefit of this kind of ground cover is they spread fast but they are not invasive , many ground cover plants are truly invasive and gardeners are looking for some perennial can either grow in a shade and also tolerant some dry condition . Too bad many of the people still like to use some very invasive plants like English Ivy ,wintercreeper, bishop's weed, periwinkle etc. They are also very popular in the nursery, because they seem like solve the problems but they are very destructive to nature .
What a lovely video. I love sweet woodruff. It loves the little shady place I have put it in, in the UK, in the shade, in a well-drained deep tray in compost!! it's so lovely. I'm hoping to use the roots to get a pink via natural dyeing! I did a little video about it and am hoping to do one with natural dyeing but the sweet woodruff needs to be a bit older! :)
Nice video, well done. Informative yet brief. I have just planted 100 plugs of sweet woodruff. Very excited. I live in zone 6; do you mulch over them for the winter?
My Sweet Woodruff got infested with ground elder so I had to dig most of it up and the roots were mostly intertwined with the invasive weed's, so much couldn't be saved, I'm incredibly sad. I always enjoy their lovely spring flowers.
I have the sweet Woodruff for three years, it is spreading very fast but I found out some spots are turning brown and went dead, it is like a trail of brown. It is only August. Do you have any idea what about?
The bees seem to like the sweet woodruff in my yard - the flowers are very tiny and bloom early in May here when there aren't too many other things flowering yet. I think the bees like that there are so many flowers in a small area, even though the flowers don't last long.
I garden in Central Scotland, however I’m also in a valley so we tend to get colder weather in winter and hotter weather in summer than typical Central Scottish weather 🤓 It does well for me, so I would say it’s very tough! It’s native to Europe, and we get some really cold winters and in lots of places, very hot summers, and it does very well. It’s at its best in spring and so it prefers those cooler temps, so in very hot summer weather (I see you’re from N.Carolina!) it may go dormant and die back until it cools down again in the autumn, and likewise if it’s a very cold winter, it can die back until spring. It will absolutely *survive* however, and will look awesome when it pops back up! It’s edible and is used all over Europe to flavour wine and tea, and some kinds of cakes. It used to be used to stuff pillows and mattresses because it was comfortable, smelled pleasant and the scent apparently repelled fleas and bedbugs. For this reason, a friend used a bunch of clippings to stuff a cosy bed for her border collie (she’s a working dog and sleeps in the barn) 🤓💖 We’ve had an uncommonly mild winter for my town this year, so my sweet woodruff plants actually kept its leaves over the entire winter (the coldest was only about -6 Celsius). In the USA, it’s apparently hardy for zones 4-8, so I hope that helps (we use different hardiness zones in the UK so I don’t know if the US ones fit your area haha). I hope all that helps 🤓
Why are we promoting alien Invasives? This crap has infested everything on my property. And it's not easy to remove. Why not native Ginger, etc. At least it's easy to remove to edit it if needed. Good luck on this in 5-10 years.
Sweet Woodruff is known as Waldmeister in Germany, where it is heavily used for flavouring. Maibowle is a wine punch which traditionally uses Woodruff to give it a wonderful taste. Also makes a great syrup for diluting with sparkling water.
I garden in SW England... So, very ISH: WarmISH in summer, coldISH in winter. I have a HUGE problem with perennial weeds, especially bindweed, ground elder and creeping buttercup. After years of research and experiment, I've found that the best solution is to out-compete the weeds. And for that, sweet woodruff is a STAR! It thrives even in shade and refuses to be bullied.. Plus, it makes great tea!
Hello! I’d be interested to learn how to make tea with this plant.
I think one of the benefit of this kind of ground cover is they spread fast but they are not invasive , many ground cover plants are truly invasive and gardeners are looking for some perennial can either grow in a shade and also tolerant some dry condition . Too bad many of the people still like to use some very invasive plants like English Ivy ,wintercreeper, bishop's weed, periwinkle etc. They are also very popular in the nursery, because they seem like solve the problems but they are very destructive to nature .
Wonderful video! Thanks so much for the great tips!
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Our new sweet woodruff plants under the cedars are doing quite well. We are so glad to have opted to replace the previous ground cover.
That is awesome!
What a lovely video. I love sweet woodruff. It loves the little shady place I have put it in, in the UK, in the shade, in a well-drained deep tray in compost!! it's so lovely. I'm hoping to use the roots to get a pink via natural dyeing! I did a little video about it and am hoping to do one with natural dyeing but the sweet woodruff needs to be a bit older! :)
You’re so sweet.
Nice video, well done. Informative yet brief. I have just planted 100 plugs of sweet woodruff. Very excited. I live in zone 6; do you mulch over them for the winter?
My Sweet Woodruff got infested with ground elder so I had to dig most of it up and the roots were mostly intertwined with the invasive weed's, so much couldn't be saved, I'm incredibly sad. I always enjoy their lovely spring flowers.
GoOd video 👍👍
I was wondering what zone you garden in? I think I'm in zone 5 b or zone 6? I garden in the northern panhandle of West Virginia
I have the sweet Woodruff for three years, it is spreading very fast but I found out some spots are turning brown and went dead, it is like a trail of brown. It is only August. Do you have any idea what about?
Does it flowers highly scented or just light fragrance. . ? ?
I'd say its just a light fragrance - lovely really
@@HomefortheHarvest thanks you so much Mam..🙏
Hi there, can this be grown in plant containers or would it grow everywhere like crazy, dont mind cutting it down if so.
Are those woodruff plants bee and butterfly friendly? That would be a big plus.
The bees seem to like the sweet woodruff in my yard - the flowers are very tiny and bloom early in May here when there aren't too many other things flowering yet. I think the bees like that there are so many flowers in a small area, even though the flowers don't last long.
Would you say they're tough?
I garden in Central Scotland, however I’m also in a valley so we tend to get colder weather in winter and hotter weather in summer than typical Central Scottish weather 🤓 It does well for me, so I would say it’s very tough!
It’s native to Europe, and we get some really cold winters and in lots of places, very hot summers, and it does very well. It’s at its best in spring and so it prefers those cooler temps, so in very hot summer weather (I see you’re from N.Carolina!) it may go dormant and die back until it cools down again in the autumn, and likewise if it’s a very cold winter, it can die back until spring. It will absolutely *survive* however, and will look awesome when it pops back up! It’s edible and is used all over Europe to flavour wine and tea, and some kinds of cakes. It used to be used to stuff pillows and mattresses because it was comfortable, smelled pleasant and the scent apparently repelled fleas and bedbugs. For this reason, a friend used a bunch of clippings to stuff a cosy bed for her border collie (she’s a working dog and sleeps in the barn) 🤓💖
We’ve had an uncommonly mild winter for my town this year, so my sweet woodruff plants actually kept its leaves over the entire winter (the coldest was only about -6 Celsius). In the USA, it’s apparently hardy for zones 4-8, so I hope that helps (we use different hardiness zones in the UK so I don’t know if the US ones fit your area haha).
I hope all that helps 🤓
@@TallulahFoxxx Thanks!
Why are we promoting alien Invasives? This crap has infested everything on my property.
And it's not easy to remove. Why not native Ginger, etc. At least it's easy to remove to edit it if needed. Good luck on this in 5-10 years.