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Groundcovers for Shade: Canadian Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)

Karen August 28, 2025 0 Comments

A native of woodlands in Eastern North America, this herbaceous perennial has bright green, deciduous, kidney-shaped leaves. They are up to seven inches across and carried on hairy petioles one…

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Genus Asarum (Wild Ginger) for the Garden

Karen June 9, 2020 0 Comments

Asarum is a genus in the pipevine family, Aristolochiaceae, and includes about sixty species including several that are considered garden worthy plants. It acquired the common name, wild ginger, because…

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