Chinese Wild Ginger is a shade loving semi-evergreen perennial grown as a groundcover for its nearly stemless, elongated heart shaped dark green foliage with silver mottling. The flowers are insignificant and hidden below the foliage. Grows best with heavy shade and consistently moist well-drained acidic soils.
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Type:
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Perennial
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Origins:
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S. Central China
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Height:
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0.5' - 0.75'
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Spread:
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1' - 1.5’
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Spacing:
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1'
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USDA Hardiness Zone:
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6 - 9
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Culture:
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Part Sun, Full Shade
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Bloom Color:
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Purple
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Season of Interest:
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Multi-Seasonal
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. No serious pest or disease issues. Slugs and snails can be an occasional problem.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Garden, Rain Garden, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Goat's Beard, Umbrella Palm, Jacob's Ladder
IMAGES: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, Asarum splendens, CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) cultivar413, 160508 014 E 11th St near 5th Ave - Asarum splendens Chinese Wild Ginger, Helleborus sp Hellebore, (3) cultivar413, 150829 073 Wagner Park - North Flower Garden, Asarum splendens Chinese Wild Ginger
* As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
