Solomon's Seal, a graceful plant of woodlands and shady gardens. This one is Polygonatum multiflorum but the common name Solomon's Seal seems to be used for a good many of the sixty or so species that occur across the Northern Hemisphere.

 The reference to Solomon is obscure with differing explanations. My plants were purchased from the catalogue of Shipton Bulbs who suggest that "It gained its curious name from the belief that the leaf scars on the rhizome resembled Hebrew characters".