Asarum splendens
A hardy evergreen ginger from China for a shaded nook. Cyclamen-like foliage, green mottled with with gray- silver, to only 6" tall, spreads moderately by underground rhizomes making a good groundcover for shade. The flowers are also wonderful, sometimes hidden but often upfacing, purple with white markings. One of the best of the genus and worth kneeling for in spring. Shade is best in rich soil with regular summer water. Bait for slugs. Frost hardy in USDA zone 6.
HARDY GINGER
Aristolochiaceae
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Asarum splendens
Asarum splendens
A hardy evergreen ginger from China for a shaded nook. Cyclamen-like foliage, green mottled with with gray- silver, to only 6" tall, spreads moderately by underground rhizomes making a good groundcover for shade. The flowers are also wonderful, sometimes hidden but often upfacing, purple with white markings. One of the best of the genus and worth kneeling for in spring. Shade is best in rich soil with regular summer water. Bait for slugs. Frost hardy in USDA zone 6.
HARDY GINGER
Aristolochiaceae
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A hardy evergreen ginger from China for a shaded nook. Cyclamen-like foliage, green mottled with with gray- silver, to only 6" tall, spreads moderately by underground rhizomes making a good groundcover for shade. The flowers are also wonderful, sometimes hidden but often upfacing, purple with white markings. One of the best of the genus and worth kneeling for in spring. Shade is best in rich soil with regular summer water. Bait for slugs. Frost hardy in USDA zone 6.
HARDY GINGER
Aristolochiaceae
