As I mentioned in "Feisty", the One-Minute Max for May 13, dwarf Solomon's seal doesn't let its lack of height diminish its authority, its territoriality. First, that "height."I understand that really giant dwarf Solomon's seal can soar to five even six inches. Mine is about half that, whether from culture or luck or youth I don't yet know. Maybe this is a dwarf-dwarf clone, or just a young colony (this is its third year).
I love how it seems to crowd up against the edge of the bluestone walkway. It can't creep underground far enough to get to the other side of the walkway (which is even feet wide), which perhaps will only increase the sense of intention and urgency on this side.
As the colony matures, the growth gets dense enough to work as respectable groundcover. And the outward creep continues too; I suppose in a decade I'll have it five feet wider. Given that everything else within radius is many times as tall, that would be just ducky.