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 candense \u2013 Canadian Wild Ginger \u2013 Canadian Snakeroot<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 This deciduous tufted mat forming perennial from New Brunswick to North Carolina grows 8\u201d tall and spreads to 6\u201d wide. \u00a0It produces heart shaped leaves to 2-4\u201d long and are carried on softly haired leaf stalks 6-12\u201d long. \u00a0In spring, under the leafs it bears bell shaped brownish purple flowers 1\u201d across. \u00a0White settlers used the rhizomes medicinally.<\/p>\n Zones 3-8<\/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-160251874"},"_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\/3449"}],"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=3449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3449"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3449"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=3449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}