{"id":22181,"date":"2025-04-14T16:33:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T20:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/?p=22181"},"modified":"2025-04-13T16:51:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T20:51:58","slug":"plant-sale-2025-asarum-canadense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/plant-sale-2025-asarum-canadense\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant Sale 2025 &#8211; Asarum canadense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/04\/488047160_1071276385033940_8673891134038086596_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22184 alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/04\/488047160_1071276385033940_8673891134038086596_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/04\/488047160_1071276385033940_8673891134038086596_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/04\/488047160_1071276385033940_8673891134038086596_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/04\/488047160_1071276385033940_8673891134038086596_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/04\/488047160_1071276385033940_8673891134038086596_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/04\/488047160_1071276385033940_8673891134038086596_n.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a>Asarum canadense (Wild Ginger) is a great groundcover for dappled shade. It likes rich, damp soils and grow from 4 to 12 inches tall with individual leaves reaching three to four inches across. Once established it will spread 6 to 8 inches in all directions yearly, shading out non-native plants.<\/p>\n<p>The interesting maroon to purplish-brown flowers that bloom in spring are often hidden under heart shaped leaves and pollinated by\u00a0flies and beetles. Ants are attracted to the fleshy material called <a href=\"https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/04\/488452567_1071276415033937_2930501039685223755_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22183 alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/04\/488452567_1071276415033937_2930501039685223755_n-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/04\/488452567_1071276415033937_2930501039685223755_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/04\/488452567_1071276415033937_2930501039685223755_n-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/04\/488452567_1071276415033937_2930501039685223755_n-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/04\/488452567_1071276415033937_2930501039685223755_n.jpg 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/04\/489458782_1071276375033941_6992274436409199166_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22182 alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/04\/489458782_1071276375033941_6992274436409199166_n-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/04\/489458782_1071276375033941_6992274436409199166_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/04\/489458782_1071276375033941_6992274436409199166_n-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/04\/489458782_1071276375033941_6992274436409199166_n.jpg 1152w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><\/a>elaisomes which is rich in lipids and proteins the ants feed to their larvae leaving behind the seeds to germinate. Occasionally Asarum canadense will get damaged by slugs and snails but generally isn\u2019t bothered by disease or animals. It is an alternate host plant for the beautiful Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly.<\/p>\n<p>Photos: E.M. Truax<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asarum canadense (Wild Ginger) is a great groundcover for dappled shade. It likes rich, damp soils and grow from 4 to 12 inches tall with individual leaves reaching three to four inches across. Once established it will spread 6 to 8 inches in all directions yearly, shading out non-native plants. The interesting maroon to purplish-brown&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18625,"featured_media":22184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plant-sales","category-plant-writeups"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Plant Sale 2025 - Asarum canadense - Jefferson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vnps.org\/jefferson\/plant-sale-2025-asarum-canadense\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Plant Sale 2025 - Asarum canadense - Jefferson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Asarum canadense (Wild Ginger) is a great groundcover for dappled shade. 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