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Aristolochiaceae
Asarabacca
Asarum europaeum
Also known as European wild ginger, Wild nard, Hazelwort
Native Plants · Ground Cover · Shade Plant · Woodland · Evergreen · Perennial · European · Toxic · Medicinal · Low Maintenance · Forest Garden
Asarabacca is a slow-spreading, shade-loving ground cover that forms a dense, attractive carpet of glossy kidney-shaped leaves, making it ideal for dark woodland or shaded garden corners. It thrives in humus-rich, moist soil under deciduous trees and requires very little care once established. Keep the soil consistently moist, avoid direct sun, and note that all parts of the plant are toxic if ingested.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 2 hours
- Watering
- Water to keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk
Sources: trefle, usda
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