Companion plants for Sweet Woodruff
Sweet Woodruff blooms from May through June. It wants full shade and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Sweet Woodruff opens

Tall Oregon Grape
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate water; blooms in early spring, before this one opens; stands well above at 4.5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.

Japanese Pieris
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate water; blooms in early spring, before this one opens; stands well above at 9.5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Taking over as Sweet Woodruff finishes

Northern Sea Oats
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate water; blooms in midsummer as this one finishes; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; this one spreads, so it will crowd its neighbor in time.

Vicki Clematis
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate water; overlaps, then carries the display into early fall; climbs to 3.5 ft behind it, height without the footprint; a soft color beside the white.

Deschampsia Goldtau Grass
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate water; blooms in midsummer as this one finishes; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 1.5 ft, for the layer behind it; this one spreads, so it will crowd its neighbor in time.
Blooming alongside

Pinxterbloom Azalea
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate water; opens in mid spring and overlaps into this one's season; stands well above at 5.5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.

Duke Gardens Plum Yew
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate water; taller at 4 ft, for the layer behind it; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.

Feathered Friends Fancy Finch Ajuga
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate water; opens in mid spring and overlaps into this one's season; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; a soft color beside the white.