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Genus: A

Acanthus: bear's breech
Achillea: Yarrow
Acorus: sweet flag
Actinidia: hardy kiwi fruit; bower vine; kolomikta vine; tara vine
Adiantum: northern maidenhair fern
Aegopodium: variegated bishop's weed
Agastache: Giant hyssop
Ajuga: Bugleweed
Akebia: five-leaved akebia
Allium: onion; chives
Amphicarpaea: hog peanut
Amsonia: Arkansas blue-star; blue star; thread-leaf blue star; willow amsonia
Andropogon: big bluestem; turkey-foot
Anemone: Canada anemone
Anthoxanthum: sweet vernal grass
Apios: Indian potato; groundnut
Aquilegia: Columbine
Aralia: sarsparilla
Arctostaphylos: bearberry; kinnikinick
Arenaria: irish moss
Aristolochia: Dutchman's pipe
Armeria: sea pink
Aruncus: Goatsbeard
Arundinaria: canebrake bamboo; large cane; small canebrake bamboo; southern cane; switch cane
Arundo: giant reed; Italian reed; cana brava
Asarum: Wild ginger
Asclepias: butterfly weed; swamp milkweed
Asimina: pawpaw
Asplenium: ebony spleenwort
Aster: aster
Athyrium: Japanese painted fern; lady fern
Atrichum: (moss)

Catalog as of April 01, 2008

Asarum

(Aristolochiaceae - birthwort family)

Wild ginger. About 60 species of perennial woodland herbs. They are forest plants, and require moist, rich soil and partial shade. The types listed here have all shown the ability to tolerate periods of drought. The unusual but inconspicuous flowers are borne near the ground in spring. All spread slowly to form dense colonies, and make fine ground covers where conditions are suitable.

arifolium

evgrn peren • ht 6" • zones 5-9

arrow-leaved wild ginger; little brown jugs

new, edible, fragrant, ground cover, native, part shade - shade
s.e. U.S.

An evergreen wild ginger flowering in the late spring with a jug-shaped red brown flower. Leaves have distinctive triangular shape with dark blue-green leaves mottled in patterns of gray and silver, but can be variable in shape and variegation. A beautiful and resilient ground cover for the shade. Fragrant when bruised. An essential oil obtained from the plant has the odor of sassafras. Will grow in sandy to clay soils in more acid conditions, but must have good drainage.

cat # 1F1F
$9.95 each / 3+, $9.50 ea

canadense

peren • ht 8" • zones 3-8

wild ginger

Asarum canadense

native, edible, fragrant, ground cover, rock garden, part shade - shade
e and cent N Amer

Bears large, heart-shaped, dark green leaves. Spreads slowly, forming a solid cover. The creeping rhizome has a ginger-like odor and flavor, and has been used as a substitute for that spice.

cat # 1F1H
$9.95 each / 3+, $9.50 ea