'Rubrum' pours out flowers of rich
and clean modern landscapes where softness is wanted amid stone and sun
The fruit is reportedly edible
Like all of the wild azaleas
Polygonatum commutatum David Geiger 'Rubrum' pours out flowers ofPolygonatum 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