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How to Plant, Grow and Care For Wild Ginger
Are you curious about wild ginger and if you can grow it in your garden? Wild ginger is a wonderful native plant that makes an excellent ground cover for a shade garden. In this article, gardening enthusiast Liessa Bowen will discuss the proper care and maintenance of these beautiful and easy-to-grow plants.
Heart Leaf Wild Ginger Identification
Heartleaf Wild Ginger
Heart Leaf Wild Ginger
Native Gingers – a deceptive common name
Common names can be tricky and our native “ginger” is no exception. These plants are in the genus Hexastylis if they are evergreen and Asarum if they are deciduous. Neither genus is related to the non-native edible "ginger" plant which is Zingiber officinale. Other common names for our native gingers include heartleaf and little brown jug, references to the shape of the leaves and to the shape of the flowers, respectively. Hexastylis shuttleworthii While four species of Hexastylis are found…
Canada Wild Ginger
Canada Wild Ginger is a dense groundcover that spreads by rhizomes in the rich moist understory of Wisconsin woodlands. This humble but unique native has been used for hundreds of years by Native American and Canadian tribes. A versatile addition to any shade garden, Canada Wild Ginger’s simple beauty is sure to capture your heart. Spoiler alert: It has heart-shaped leaves.
Asarum canadense (Common or Canadian Wild Ginger)
Native to rich, deciduous forests in the eastern half of North America, Wild Ginger is common in much of the Mid-Atlantic Region although infrequent-to-rare in the Coastal Plain. It naturalizes to create a lush ground cover with velvety, heart-shaped leaves.
Shampoo Ginger Lily Care : Growing Zingiber Zerumbet (Awapuhi Kuahiwi)
Shampoo Ginger Lily Care : Growing Zingiber Zerumbet (Awapuhi Kuahiwi) Shampoo ginger (Zingiber Zerumbet) is an important monocot plant in the ginger family. It is also commonly known as the Shampoo ginger Lily and is native to Southeast Asia.