Asarum splendens Part Sun/Shade spikes of white to pale

spikes of white to pale lilac flowers

Bright light

This is not an invasive species on the West Coast

MEXICAN ORANGE

To about 10 feet with dense pyramidal form

Asarum splendens Part Sun/Shade spikes of white to paleA hardy evergreen ginger from China for a shaded nook. Cyclamen like foliage, green mottled with with gray silver, to only 6" tall, spreads moderately by underground rhizomes making a good groundcover for shade. The flowers are also wonderful, sometimes hidden but often upfacing, purple with white markings. One of the best of the genus and worth kneeling for in spring. Shade is best in rich soil with regular summer water. Bait for slugs. Frost hardy