Asarum delavayi
Chinese Giant Wild Ginger
Asarum delavayi - 'Chinese Giant Wild Ginger' is the largest of the asarums. It bears mottled, shiny leaves, and strange flowers that are hidden by the leaves, and have a cream throat, are dark chocolate brown on the upper inside of petals, & knubbly-hard on the outside, looking like carved tarmac. The leaves have a ginger aroma when rubbed. Although 'ginger' appears in their common name, they are not related to ginger - Zingiber officinalis. The common name of ginger comes from the aroma of the leaves
Contributed by @perennialgrbs
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Partial shade to deep shade
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Moist and rich
Common name
Chinese Giant Wild Ginger
Latin name
Asarum delavayi
type
evergreen perennial
family
Aristolochiaceae
ph
5.5 - 7.3 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Partial shade to deep shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Moist and rich
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.50 M
0.15 M
Asarum delavayi
Asarum delavayi - 'Chinese Giant Wild Ginger' is the largest of the asarums. It bears mottled, shiny leaves, and strange flowers that are hidden by the leaves, and have a cream throat, are dark chocolate brown on the upper inside of petals, & knubbly-hard on the outside, looking like carved tarmac. The leaves have a ginger aroma when rubbed. Although 'ginger' appears in their common name, they are not related to ginger - Zingiber officinalis. The common name of ginger comes from the aroma of the leaves
Planting
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
This is a woodland plant, and so to grow it successfully woodland conditions need to be replicated. Plant in moist, free-draining, humus-rich, preferably slightly acidic soil in, preferably, partial shade. They do like a little morning sun. They can also be grown in containers, given the same conditions
Flowering
From Late Spring TO Early Summer
The flowers, which are usually hidden under the leaves, appear in late Spring
Propagating by division
From Mid Autumn TO Late Autumn
Divide the rhizomes when the plant is dormant, in Autumn. Dig up the whole clump, or a section of the clump, and shake off the soil. You will see a clump of fleshy rhizomes with many shoots. Remove any dead or unhealthy rhizomes, and divide the rest, making sure each division has at least two or three shoots. Re-plant immediately where required
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