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Asarum splendens 'Quicksilver'
Wild Chinese Ginger
Plant Type:
SHADE PERENNIALSAsarum splendens 'Quicksilver' - Each heart-shaped leaf spade may grow 6 inches long by 4 inches wide cloaked in deep, dark green with more pewter splotches than the species. The one-inch diameter fantastical flowers are as if those from a mythical dark forest realm or a deep ocean creature; they are strangely beautiful and alluring, exotic in spring. Wild Chinese Ginger will form a beautiful ground cover where hardy. Plant in a humus-rich, moisture retaining soil in afternoon shade, morning sun or dappled light. Pot grown division.
Characteristics and Attributes for Asarum splendens 'Quicksilver'
Season of Interest (Flowering)
- Spring
Season of Interest (Foliage)
- Spring / Summer / Autumn
Nature Attraction
- Deer Resistant
Light
- Morning Sun / Afternoon Shade
- Shade
- Dappled Shade
Attributes
- Natural Garden
- Grouping
- Border
- Fragrant
- Ground Cover
- Woodland
Growth Rate in the Garden
- Slow
Soil
- Fertile
- Humus Laden
- Organic
- Moist
Origins
- Garden Origin
- China
Propagated By
- Division