How to grow sweet woodruff

When to plant sweet woodruff

Sweet woodruff is a fragrant, low groundcover for shade with whorled leaves that smell of freshly mown hay and small white star-shaped flowers in spring (NC State). Plant or divide in spring or fall in moist, fertile, well-drained shade; water during summer dry spells to keep it from going dormant, and note it can be somewhat aggressive under ideal conditions.

Sweet Woodruff is timed by season rather than your frost dates, so the planting calendar does not generate ZIP-specific dates for it. Check the cited sources below to fine-tune for your area.