There are over 70 species of deciduous and evergreen rapidly growing, low rhizomatous perennials, in this genus. \u00a0They are found in woodlands in Europe, Eastern Asia, and North America. \u00a0They produce large, usually glossy, sometimes marbled leaves. Under the leaves kidney or heart shaped dull brownish or purplish flowers that open at the mouth into 3 sharply arched or bent sharply back sepals. \u00a0The rhizomes are aromatic somewhat like ginger. \u00a0They\u2019re better known for their traditional medicine. \u00a0A great plant to use as a groundcover or in a woodland garden.<\/p>\n
Grow in partial to full shade in moderately fertile, humus rich, moist but well drained, preferably neutral to acidic soil. \u00a0Divide in early spring every few years.<\/p>\n
Prone to slugs and snails, leaf gulls,<\/i><\/em>\u00a0and rust.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n Asarum arifolium \u2013<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0This variable evergreen from Southeastern U.S.A. produces large elongated heart shaped leaves up to 6\u201d long. \u00a0The leaves are marked with lighter green between the prominent veins.<\/p>\n Zones 7-9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Asarum \u2013 Heterotropa \u2013 Hexastylis \u2013 Wild Ginger There are over 70 species of deciduous and evergreen rapidly growing, low rhizomatous perennials, in this genus. \u00a0They are found in woodlands in Europe, Eastern Asia, and North America. \u00a0They produce large, usually glossy, sometimes marbled leaves. Under the leaves kidney or heart shaped dull brownish or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[42,33,64,41,20],"product_tag":[],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160251873"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3448"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3448"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=3448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}