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Asarums - The Wild Gingers
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A wonderful genus, excellent as a woodland ground cover. Some have lovely deep green glossy leaves and others have splendid variegations rivalling the best Cyclamen. Each and every year I become more and more fond of these intriguing plants. These plants are slow to moderate growers with fleshy roots that take a year or so to settle in. In fact, if heavily disturbed plants often sit dormant until the next growing season. However, once established they make splendid mounds of spreading foliage that is so variable from species to species it makes you appreciate the diversity of life.

Asarums - The Wild Gingers

Asarum arifolium Evergreen Wild Ginger.................10cm pot $4.50ea
N.A.Native. Ht. 5-10cm. Z4-5. Evergreen. Triangular dark blue-green leaves splashed in variable patterns of gray and silver. Flowers red-brown and about 3cm long. This is one of the easiest and toughest of the gingers. Makes a great ground cover over time.

Asarum canadense Wild Ginger...............10cm pot $4.50ea
N.A.Native. Ht. 5-10cm. Z3-4. Deciduous. Light green, hairy, heart shaped leaves make this a particularly attractive ground cover for shade to part sun. Flowers are tubular and brown red.

Asarum campaniforme..................... 11cm pot $20.00ea
Ht10-20cm? Z 6-7. Deep green heart shaped leaves. Purple-brown bell shaped flowers with a white interior and a dark purple ring half way down. A limited supply.

Asarum caudatum............................... 10cmpot $5.00ea
Native. Ht. 10-20cm. Z4. Deciduous . Large, light green heart shaped leaves make this a great ground cover for shade for those with patience as it is slow.

Asarum delavayi..............................................$20.00ea
Ht.Z. A long thin rhizome with large heart shaped leaves variously marked with pale white or pale green. Flowers dark chocolatey black and are somewhat bumpy and warty.

Asarum europeanum ......................................... $6.00ea
Ht.10cm Z4-5. A fantastic slow spreading evergreen groundcover with rounded dark green glossy leaves. Plant in shade to part sun.

Asarum forbesii................................................ $20.00ea
Ht. Z. Long arrowhead shaped foliage most often veined with pewter. The flowers are chocolate/purple with a white centre.

Asarum magnificum......................................... $20.00ea
Ht. Z. Large, heart-shaped leaves, heavily clouded with silver. Prominent three-lobed flowers are primarily black-violet but each has an extraordinary, heavily ridged white throat.

Asarum shuttleworthii var. harperi Velvet Queen $11.99ea
N.A.Native. Ht. 12cm. Z5. This is a relatively small plant that spreads to make a fine wide patch over time. Leaves rounded and attractively marked with silver mottling. Flowers are about twice as large as normal for this species. Young plants.

Asarum speciosum............................................ $11.99ea
N.A.Native. Ht. 15-25cm. Z5. This species comes from a very limited area of Alabama. Large variable mottled arrow shaped leaves form tight tufted clumps. Large black and cream flowers appear in spring. Young plants.

Feature plant
Asarum Splendens Select.................... 10cm pot $7.00ea
Ht.10-16cm. Z5. Evergreen. This surprisingly hardy plant has large heart shaped leaves splashed with vivid silver markings. Flowers large and dark purple.

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