Polygonatum commutatum David Geiger a pale yellow-flowered selection shared

a pale yellow-flowered selection shared by Joann Breland of Charleston

The fruit is reportedly edible

the powerful honeysuckle-and-clove perfume that arrives in the heat of summer and carries a surprising distance on humid air

and takes happily to a cool greenhouse where winters are colder

Like all of the wild azaleas

Polygonatum commutatum David Geiger a pale yellow-flowered selection sharedPolygonatum commutatum, the great or giant Solomon's seal, is a bold native perennial of the eastern North American woodlands, sending up tall, unbranched, gracefully arching stems clad in broad, oval, alternate leaves. From the leaf axils along the underside of each stem hang small, creamy white, bell shaped flowers, usually in pairs, in late spring and early summer. The flowers give way to small dark blue black berries in late summer, and the clean