Asarum delavayi giant
Asarum delavayi 'Giant', Giant wild ginger, Chinese wild ginger 'Giant', Chinese giant wild ginger, Giant Chinese ginger
Asarum Asarum
A. delavayi giant _ A. delavayi giant is a compact, mat-forming, semi-evergreen perennial bearing glossy, triangular to kidney-shaped, veined, dark green leaves and relatively large, white-marked, deep maroon flowers blooming below the leaves in spring.
Asarum delavayi giant is: Evergreen
Compact, Mat Forming, Spreading
Maroon, White in Spring
Dark-green in All seasons
Cut back untidy foliage in late winter or early spring, before the flowers emerge.
Allow pods to dry on plant and then break open to collect seeds. Sow as soon as ripe in cold frame.
Division, Seed
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Asarum delavayi giant (Giant wild ginger) will reach a height of 0.2m and a spread of 0.3m after 5-10 years.
Cottage/Informal, Beds and borders, Garden edging, Ground Cover, Underplanting, Woodland
Grow in moderately fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained, preferable neutral to acid soil in full shade. Evergreen in mild climates.
Clay, Loamy, Sandy
Well-drained
Acid, Neutral
Full Shade
North, South, East, West
Sheltered
Hardy (H4)
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Asarum delavayi giant
Asarum delavayi 'Giant', Giant wild ginger, Chinese wild ginger 'Giant', Chinese giant wild ginger, Giant Chinese ginger
Asarum Asarum
A. delavayi giant _ A. delavayi giant is a compact, mat-forming, semi-evergreen perennial bearing glossy, triangular to kidney-shaped, veined, dark green leaves and relatively large, white-marked, deep maroon flowers blooming below the leaves in spring.
Garden origin
Evergreen
Compact, Mat Forming, Spreading
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Maroon, White in Spring
Dark-green in All seasons
Cut back untidy foliage in late winter or early spring, before the flowers emerge.
Allow pods to dry on plant and then break open to collect seeds. Sow as soon as ripe in cold frame.
Division, Seed
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Asarum delavayi giant (Giant wild ginger) will reach a height of 0.2m and a spread of 0.3m after 5-10 years.
Cottage/Informal, Beds and borders, Garden edging, Ground Cover, Underplanting, Woodland
Grow in moderately fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained, preferable neutral to acid soil in full shade. Evergreen in mild climates.
Clay, Loamy, Sandy
Well-drained
Acid, Neutral
Full Shade
North, South, East, West
Sheltered
Hardy (H4)
Zone 9, Zone 8, Zone 7, Zone 6
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