Description

A woodland herbaceous perennial with nodding, greenish-white, bell-shaped flowers hanging in pairs from gracefully arching stems. Flowers have a sweet, lily-like fragrance. Flowers are followed by blue-black berries. ‘Variegatum’ has showy light green leaves edged with white. New stems are tinged with maroon red. Prefers rich, loose, moist, humusy soils. Slowly spreads by rhizomes to form colonies in the optimum conditions. Height: 2-3 ft. Spread: 0.75-1 ft. Family: Asparagaceae Bloom time: April to May Sun: part shade to full shade Water: medium to wet Typically deer and rabbit resistant photo credit: KENPEI