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Polygonatum ×hybridum
Garden Solomon's seal is a hardy hybrid of two Polygonatum species, grown for its arching stems and small, fragrant, bell-like white flowers that hang beneath the leaves. It is easy to grow in sun or partial shade, spreading slowly from rhizomes.
Polygonatum × hybridum, the garden Solomon's-seal, is a hybrid flowering plant, which is a cross between common Solomon's-seal (Polygonatum multiflorum) and angular Solomon's-seal (Polygonatum odoratum).
The plant tends to be more vigorous than either of its parent species.
Polygonatum × hybridum is suitable for sunny or partially shaded positions and is described as easy to grow. It is fully hardy, down to at least −20 °C (−4 °F). It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. In gardens it is susceptible to attack by the larvae of Solomon's seal sawfly (Phymatocera aterrima), which feed on the underside of the leaves, rapidly reducing them to a skeletonised appearance.
Numerous cultivars are known:
Smooth Solomon's seal · Dwarf solomon's seal · Solomon's seal · Angular Solomon's Seal · Hairy Solomon's seal · Whorled Solomon's-seal · Solomon's Seal
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