Asarum are a woodland plant and spread by underground rhizomes. Low growing, Asarum are used as a groundcover, the large leaves being most attractive. Asarum foliage is varied from plain greens to variegated and speckled forms.
Asarum species are also grown for the flowers, in particular Ararum maximum which is known as the 'Panda Faced Ginger'. Asarum splendens with its green and silvery grey foliage is an attractive groundcover.
Asarum species include:
- Asarum canadense
- Asarum caudatum
- Asarum europeaum
- Asarum maximum 'Green Panda'
- Asarum maximum 'Ling Ling'
- Asarum naniflorum
- Asarum shuttleworthii
- Asarum splendens
- Asarum takaoi
Asarum Flower
