Asarum inflatum Shanghai Alpinia and full sun for at

and full sun for at a few hours each day

the South American equivalent of our native Crinum americanum

This clumping selection is superb as a deer-resistant woodland groundcover for spring color

topped in late May and early June with wide bell-shaped lightly fragrant pure white flowers

Cut this plant to the ground after frost has killed it

Asarum inflatum Shanghai Alpinia and full sun for atAsarum inflatum 'Shanghai' is the only form of the rarely grown Chinese Asarum inflatum that we are aware of in cultivation. Asarum inflatum 'Shanghai' makes a 6" tall x 18" wide (in 5 years) slowly spreading evergreen patch of very thick, 5" long, heart shaped leaves that are green with a muted silver marbling. The clumps are adorned in early April (NC) with stunning masses of large purple black flowers, each with a corrugated white eye. Thanks to