Re: Ginger
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Ginger
- From: L*@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 13:03:39 EDT
In a message dated 98-06-27 07:53:58 EDT, Ginny wrote:
<< There is also a native asarum that I see growing along streams in woodsy
areas in PA. I also grow it as a groundcover in my garden, but can't
remember the name of it. Its been doing well for a number of years in a
fairly dry, heavily shaded area. >>
I know of three gingers native to North America. They are all native to
deciduous forests and grow in part shade to shade. Grow them in slightly
acidic soil with lots of organic matter.
Asarum canadense, Canadian Wild Ginger, is native New Brunswick to North
Carolina, west to Missouri. It has rhizomes that are used as a ginger
substitute. Its leaves are heart-shaped, large and velvety. Flowers are
pruple-brown in spring. Zones 4-8. It grows 6 to 10".
A. arifolium, Heart Leaf Ginger, has blotched leaves. It is 5-inches high
and has little green and maroon flowers in spring and is evergreen. Zones
6-8. Native from Virginia and Kentucky south to Florida and Louisiana.
A. caudatum, Western Wild Ginger, grows on the Pacific coast. This one is
adaptable and can grow in dry soil as well as moist. It has glossy, kidney-
shaped, evergreen leaves. It is 7-9 inches and has insignificant brown
flowers in the spring.
Zones 4-9. Native Alaska to California.
We love our native Wild Ginger, A. canadense, here in Missouri.
--Janis
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