Sweet Woodruff...

I live in zone 5 in the United States and I grow sweet woodruff as a hardy perennial on the north side of my house.  It comes up year after year.  Sweet woodruff used to be a strewing herb in the Middle Ages.  Dried and mixed with fresh straw, it would be thrown on the floor of homes and even elegant castles to smell good and, hopefully absorb the filth!

Sweet woodruff can also be used in the making of an easy May Wine... I get an apple wine and throw sweet woodruff in it.  In a few weeks I strain the wine, removing the sprigs of sweet woodruff.