Wild ginger

Wild ginger is not related to culinary ginger, but is beautiful and fragrant in some humus-rich soil ina shady spot like a woodland garden.

Here is a list of great Mid-Atlantic native ground covers. These plants provide wildlife benefits while making your garden greener.

Canadian wild ginger at The Garden in the Woods

Transform your shade garden with wild ginger. This beautiful groundcover thrives in shady spots, adding lush greenery to your landscape. Save this pin for later and click to explore how to grow wild ginger in your garden!

Wild ginger is a hardy native plant that is perfect as a groundcover in a shady area or under a tree.

Western wild ginger (Asarum caudatum) is an understory plant that offers wonderful texture in the form of deeply veined, evergreen, aromatic leaves that carpet the soil in shady condition…

Canada Wild Ginger is a dense groundcover that spreads by rhizomes in the rich moist understory of Wisconsin woodlands. This humble but unique native has been used for hundreds of years by Native American and Canadian tribes. A versatile addition to any shade garden, Canada Wild Ginger’s simple beauty is sure to capture your heart. Spoiler alert: It has heart-shaped leaves.

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Wild ginger (Asarum canadense) may not be a plant you are too familiar with. It makes a great groundcover for shady areas.

Wild Ginger | Great ground cover and native Pennsylvania plant

wild ginger asarum | Wild-ginger, Asarum canadense

Common names can be tricky and our native “ginger” is no exception. These plants are in the genus Hexastylis if they are evergreen and Asarum if they are deciduous. Neither genus is related to the non-native edible "ginger" plant which is Zingiber officinale. Other common names for our native gingers include heartleaf and little brown jug, references to the shape of the leaves and to the shape of the flowers, respectively. Hexastylis shuttleworthii While four species of Hexastylis are found…

Ornamental wild ginger makes a good groundcover for woodland gardens and shady wildlife gardens.

Asarum caudatum (wild ginger) #CAnativeplant

Add these easy-growing native northeast plants to your garden for lots of low-maintenance color through the seasons.

Wild ginger is great in both sweet and savory dishes. Its flavor is warm, spicy, and complex, and once you taste it, you're going to want more!

Native to rich, deciduous forests in the eastern half of North America, Wild Ginger is common in much of the Mid-Atlantic Region although infrequent-to-rare in the Coastal Plain. It naturalizes to create a lush ground cover with velvety, heart-shaped leaves.