Naming: Association with sorrow and mourning. Grows 6-feet tall in dappled shade to full sun. Grow from seed or plant division in well-drained soil. Lavender mist blooms in July.

• Cuckoo-Pint; Arum italicum, Our Lady’s Smock

Naming: Smock shaped leaves. Plant seeds or roots in moist dappled shade

• False Solomon’s Seal; Smilacina racemosa, Our Lady’s Signet

Naming: Signet-like scar left on top of rootstock by each year’s shoots after they wither. Arching stems of creamy white flowers followed by clusters of ruby-like berries. Grow from seed and root starts in moist shade.

• Spiderwort; Tradescantia virginiana, Our Lady’s Tears

Naming: Named for Our Lady after introduction to England from America in the 17th Century. Spring-blooming, triangular violet-blue blossoms in half sun or full sun. Grow from seed and division.

• Sweet Violet; Viola odorata, Our Lady’s Modesty

Naming: The modest manner refers to the tiny flowers partially hidden among leaves.

Grow in sun from seed and root division in sandy soil. Blooms in spring.

• Love-in-a-Mist; Nigella damascena, Our Lady in the Shade

Naming: Dense, finely divided, needle like foliage surrounding the white or blue flowers, symbolizing Our Lady overshadowed by the Holy Spirit. Easily grown from seed in any soil in sun. Sow seeds in spring for June bloom and again in June for September bloom.

• Catchfly; Silene armeria, Mary’s Rose

Naming: One of several red flowers associated with Mary, the Mystical Rose of Heaven. Bright pink flowers on plants grown from seed in sandy soil in full sun. Start seeds indoors for spring bloom and in garden in June for fall bloom

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