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Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)
Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)
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Attractive ground cover with velvety, heart-shaped leaves. Needs good, organic soil & part to full shade.
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Asarum canadense
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A wonderful groundcover for light to deep shade. Four to six-inch heart-shaped leaves rise four to eight inches above the ground from slowly creeping rhizomes.
Use as a border along paths, in beds with other native woodland species, or as a substitiute for vinca, euonymus, or English ivy. The roots can be used as a cooking substitute for preserved ginger.
Wild ginger needs good, rich, organic soil and mulch to supply the needed moisture and keep it looking good all season. The seeds, which will germinate quite easily, are dispersed by ants. The spreading rhizomes can be divided after about three years.
Uses: Groundcover, cooking, shade beds, perennial
Bloom time: April & May (you'll have to search below the foliage to see the maroon flowers)
Height: 4 to 6 inches
Space: 12 to 16 inches
Sun: Medium to full shade
Moisture: Average to moist
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High Design Ground Cover
I started this 3 years ago in mostly shade, soil regularly amended with rotting leaves and branches. It’s thriving, The heart shaped leaves are so dense and lovely I think garden designers should be using this more for a ground cover with texture and dramatic contrast against ferns or astilbe. Leaves have a silvery glisten at dusk. I have been able to divide the plant every year to fill large space. Love it
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JjH
from Kansas City on 5/13/2020
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If this spreads via rhizomes, is this considered invasive? And, how fast would it spread?
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Kimberly Harnagel
- 4/28/2020
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Semantics. Among native plant enthusiasts, "invasive" is reserved for exotic species such as bush honeysuckle and callery pear, introduced species that invade spaces and displace native species rapidly and, sometimes, permanently. When native plants have a natural tendency to spread easily and abundantly, they are described as "aggressive". In a small flower bed with rich soil and ideal conditions, wild ginger can be aggressive. However, it will take a few years before you consider it be a nuisance; initially, it is fairly slow-growing. That said, we do have a few people who let us come dig wild ginger from their flower beds because it has become so abundant.
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