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Hardiness: USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F) USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F) USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F) USDA Zone 11: above 4.5 °C (40 °F)
Sun Exposure: Partial to Full Shade
Danger: N/A
Bloom Color: Maroon (Purple-Brown)
Bloom Time: Late Spring/Early Summer
Foliage: Evergreen
Other details: Requires consistently moist soil; do not let dry out between waterings
Soil pH requirements: 5.6 to 6.0 (acidic) 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
Propagation Methods: By dividing the rootball From seed; winter sow in vented containers, coldframe or unheated greenhouse From seed; stratify if sowing indoors
On May 29, 2008, john55121 from Saint Paul, MN wrote:
I have candied the rhyzome and some people like it and some not. It does taste like candied ginger with pine mixed in.
It makes a wonderful dense groundcover even in areas that dry out. Weeds don't bother it. It spreads about 6 inches a year. Very attractive groundcover.
On Nov 26, 2005, ravntorthe from Elkins, WV wrote:
In West Virginia, you can find this plant growing in the wild in small valleys with a streambed that stays damp but doesn't have a lot of water running through. I didn't know they were considered evergreens since I've only seen them out in the woods while collecting ramps (wild leeks) and at my home, under some trees where I've planted them and never in the fall or winter. It does make an interesting addition to a stylized "forest area" at your home and the blooms are very different.
They seem to be in bloom during the height of ramp and trillium season.
On May 13, 2004, DaveH from San Francisco, CA (Zone 10a) wrote:
Wild ginger (asarum caudatum) makes a great, low-maintenance, dense groundcover in woodland settings with shade to part shade and ample moisture. Its glossy evergreen leaves are handsome year round, although it is somewhat attractive to slugs. It has interesting, although inconspicuous, flowers which grow in spring under the leaves and along the ground. They are a deep reddish-brown and are pollinated by beetles.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Berkeley, California Calistoga, California Crescent City, California San Diego, California San Francisco, California Opelousas, Louisiana Charlotte, North Carolina Elizabeth City, North Carolina Findlay, Ohio Grants Pass, Oregon Tillamook, Oregon Bremerton, Washington Elkins, West Virginia
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