Asarum ichangense Muhlenbergia silvery-white markings

silvery-white markings

We have long felt the need for an improved baptisia with large blue-purple flowers and have been breeding toward that goal since 1998

each leaf also sports a wide creamy gold central stripe

Each leaf is surrounded by a dramatic

We subsequently acquired our plant in 2003 from the UC Botanic Garden at Berkeley

Asarum ichangense Muhlenbergia silvery-white markingsAsarum ichangense is a virtually uncultivated Chinese wild ginger that hails from stream side forests and grasslands up to 4,500' elevation in the Chinese provinces of Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang. In the garden, Asarum ichangense makes a lovely semi evergreen, slowly spreading patch. The clusters of small brown flowers perch attractively at the base of the green heart shaped foliage, opening in mid February