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    • Photo of Saruma henryi flower by Karl Gercens III

    Photo by Karl Gercens III

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    Also Known As

    • Upright Wild Ginger

    Plant type

    perennial, groundcover

    size

    • H: 1'-2'
    • W: 1'-2'

    planting zones

    • 4a-8b

    4" | $17

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    Saruma henryi plant details

    Saruma henryi is a fast-growing broadleaf deciduous perennial groundcover with green foliage. In spring and summer yellow flowers emerge. Features fuzzy texture. Grows well with mostly sun - shade and regular water. Adapts to various soil conditions.

    CHARACTERISTICS OF Saruma henryi

    Plant type: perennial groundcover
    Plant family: aristolochiaceae
    Foliage: deciduous green
    Mature size: 1 FT - 2 FT - wide, 1 FT - 2 FT - tall
    Flowers: yellow blooms in spring and summer
    Uses: bare root shipping available, heart-shaped leaves, larger quantity available

    GROWING CONDITIONS for Saruma henryi

    USDA Zones: 4a - 8b
    Sun exposure: mostly sun - shade
    Watering frequency: regular

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    Nursery contributed plant descriptions

    Saruma henryi is a choice woodland plant from China known as upright wild ginger, that emerges in spring with heart-shaped, felted, greyish green leaves with chocolatey overtones and a silver sheen. The three-petaled, lemon yellow flowers are centred with deep orange-yellow stamens and open with the emerging foliage. The two foot tall and wide clumps remain as an attractive presence through the season until fall.

    By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

    A rare Asian Asarum relative it is unique, with felted leaves on upright stems and a long succession of light yellow flowers, strangely most of the recent shade gardening books seem to have ignored it. ZONE 4

    By: Arrowhead Alpines

    Blooms: spring, creamy yellow/ deciduous, gray-green heart shaped foliage Zone 5-9. 6"-18", China, part shade-shade, moist, well drained

    By: Keeping it Green Nursery

    A rare asarum cousin from China with fuzzy, heart-shaped leaves, to 5"! To only 2' tall x 3' wide. Perfect for the shade garden especially when the lovely, butter-yellow flowers appear in spring and throughout most of the summer. A die-back perennial, they need part to full shade, well-drained soil, and regular moisture in summer. Frost hardy to -20 °F, USDA zone 5. Stump the neighbors!

    By: Cistus Nursery

    A hard to find shade loving perennial with large rounded heart shaped leaves and small yellow flowers all summer. Resembles a large native Asarum in leaf. Easy, long lived and vigorous.

    By: Avant Gardens

    This choice Chinese perennial is related to our native Ginger or Asarum and Saruma being an anagram of Asarum is what passes for humor in botanical nomenclature. Felty heart shaped foliage bronze when young and half inch yellow flowers right away and through the summer. Easy.

    By: Far Reaches Farm

    Heart-shaped leaves with silver hairs emerge in early spring followed by pale yellow flowers. Grows to 16" tall & tolerates dry shade.

    By: Dancing Oaks Nursery

    Gardening facts about Saruma henryi plant

    How to Grow Saruma henryi

    • Sun Exposure

      • mostly sun - shade

    • Water Needs

      • regular

    • Soil Needs

      • adaptable

    Features

    • Foliage Color

      • green

    • Flower Color

      • yellow

    • Flower Season

      • spring
      • summer

    • Foliage Season

      • deciduous

    • Texture

      • fuzzy
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