Asarum megacalyx Green Sheen Gladiolus and Zhejiang

and Zhejiang

means lead-like

I was entranced when I first saw Hosta 'Blue River' in Roy and Sarah Klehm's garden

tetraploid version of the popular Brugmansia 'Sunset'

where it cannot get winter rain

Asarum megacalyx Green Sheen Gladiolus and ZhejiangAsarum megacalyx makes a superb evergreen groundcover patch that reaches 2' wide in 5 years. The glossy dark green foliage of Asarum 'Green Sheen' hides the huge thumb sized dark purple flowers that appear in late February to early March in NC. When we grew this in deep shade, we only saw a few scattered flowers, but when planted in a site that received a couple of hours of afternoon sun, it produced hundreds of flowers amazing. This is a form of the