Hexastylis arifolia

Also Known As

Asarum arifolium
Wild Ginger

Plant type

perennial, groundcover

size

H: 3"-6"
W: 6"-12"

planting zones

5a-9b

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Hexastylis arifolia plant details

Hexastylis arifolia is a broadleaf evergreen perennial groundcover with green, variegated and white foliage. In spring burgundy flowers emerge. Grows well with bright shade - shade and even moisture - regular water. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant and humidity tolerant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Hexastylis arifolia

Plant type: perennial groundcover
Plant family: aristolochiaceae
Foliage: evergreen green, variegated and white
Mature size: 6 IN - 12 IN - wide, 3 IN - 6 IN - tall
Flowers: burgundy blooms in spring
Uses: heart-shaped leaves, native plant, woodland garden

GROWING CONDITIONS for Hexastylis arifolia

USDA Zones: 5a - 9b
Sun exposure: bright shade - shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular
Resistant to: deer, heat and humidity
Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Zn 5. Silver leaves with a dark green border.

By: Little Prince of Oregon

Huge, philodendron like arrow-shaped leaves with variable patterns of silver markings. Quite a dramatic shade loving plant. This native evergreen ginger has upright jug like flowers in great numbers when the clump matures to a diameter of 6-8". Height is also about 6"-8".

By: Sunshine Farm and Gardens

Asarum arifolium is a wild ginger from the US southeast with broadly arrow-shaped, anise-scented, deep green leaves with silver marbling. In spring, strange brownish purple, urn shaped flowers emerge clustered amongst the foliage. Easy to grow in a woodland setting or in containers. Possible hardy to zone 4.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

Tough Wild Ginger from the Southeast US with good arrowhead shaped evergreen leaves and small urn-shaped flowers that will have you wishing for your bifocals so that you can appreciate the floristic subtleties that you surely must be missing. A shade garden without representation by Asarum species somehow seems deficient and improperly nuanced leaving the gardener with little recourse but to plead a lamentable temporary lapse in judgement. Fortunately this is easily corrected by this roll up the sleeves and let's get to it garden workhorse of a wild ginger. If only all of our unintentional transgressions were this easy to fix and this has no attorney fees.

By: Far Reaches Farm

One of the commonest evergreen native gingers, leaves have a distinctive arrowhead shape and may be either solid green or marked with silvery blotches. Flowers are curious brown jug-like things. ZONE 5