Also called Canadian Ginger
ZONE:
4
COLOUR:
Red
HEIGHT:
20-30 cm
SPREAD:
30-50 cm
Also called Canadian Ginger
ZONE:
4
COLOUR:
Red
HEIGHT:
20-30 cm
SPREAD:
30-50 cm
Shade-loving perennial, native to Ontario woodlands. Easy to grow ground cover spreading by rhizomes. Asarum can tolerate different amounts of moisture, from average to wet, but not prolonged wet. Grows best in a well-drained, acidic soil. No significant disease or pest issues.
Asarum canadense should not be confused with the culinary ginger, Zingiber officinale, although Native Americans dried the roots as a ginger substitute.