Limit 2 Per Customer. Serves as an attractive ground cover that can grow up to 1.5 feet tall Performs well in sun or shaded areas. ***** This listing is for Seeds ***** Zone 3-9 Deer and pest resistant and performs well in sun or shaded areas HeirloomSupplySuccess 25 Heirloom "Snow on the Mountain" Bishop's Goutweed Seeds Limit 2 Per Customer. Thanks HeirloomSupplySuccess Heirloom Snow on the Mountain Bishop's Goutweed Seeds. Scientific Name : Aegopodium podagraria Variegatum. Common Names: Bishop's, Goutweed Bishop's , Bishopsweed Goutweed, Ground Elder, Herb Gerard. Seeds must be planted in the Fall in a high organic bedding. Please note: The tender leaves have been used in antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages as a spring leaf vegetable, much as spinach was used. Young leaves are preferred as a cooking herb. It is best picked from when it appears (as early as February in the UK) to just before it flowers (May to June). Its use as a medicinal herb has largely declined during the modern era. The plant is said to have been introduced into England by the Romans as a food plant and into Northern Europe as a herb by monks. Zone 3-9. Serves as an attractive ground cover that can grow up to 1.5 feet tall. Bonus Sample pack of seeds with each pack of seeds purchased. ***** This listing is for Seeds ***** Planting Instructions: These are Un-stratified seeds and will require stratification in the ground over the winter or 45 days in the freezer to stimulate germination. Plant in high organic soil in the Fall or Spring. Alternatively, you may plant them in the ground fall, for subsequent spring natural germination. Performs well in sun or shaded areas.