sweet woodruff

Come to think of it, sweet woodruff and mint might make good bedfellows, each wandering herb helping to curb the spread of the other.

He has also introduced McAfee’s traditional cottage garden favorites: poppies, lupines, honesty and sweet woodruff, ‘‘which comes up,’’ she says, ‘‘like a white haze under the green arches of Solomon’s seal.’’

Bugleweed and sweet woodruff are two deep-shade lovers that do well in the Washington area.

In one grouping alone, you find an array of thyme, oregano, lavender, scented geranium, sage, sweet woodruff and mint.

The rich mould underfoot was thick with sweet woodruff and trailing loosestrife.