Fragrant Ladies'-tresses
Spiranthes odorata
A wetland ladies’-tresses with a strong vanilla scent and the longest bloom of the genus, carrying into late autumn. Happiest in ground that stays wet — a pond edge or rain garden — where it spreads gently by stolons.
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.75–2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.75–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- wet, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- September, October, November, December
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- rain garden, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OK, SC, TN, VA
Related native plants
More Spiranthes species
- Spring Ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes vernalis)
- Northern Slender Ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes lacera)
- Nodding Ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes cernua)