The genus Asarum are primarily late winter flowering woodland perennials in the pipevine (Aristolochiaceae) family, that have long been a focus of our collection efforts. Asarum includes the former genus, Hexastylis, that Southeast US botanists still struggle emotionally to give up. We trim the previous years foliage away as the flowers emerge, so we can better enjoy the amazing show. Insect pollinators include pill/sow bugs and tiny flies. In Japan, collectors grow these in containers, but we find them to be amazing garden specimens.
Asarum minus is a local North Carolina species that also ranges into adjacent Virginia and South Carolina.
Asarum senkakuinsulare ‘Razzle Dazzle’ is our selection of the Ryuku Island (Japan) endemic species
Asarum subglobosum ‘Hoshi no Sune’ is an albino-flowered selection of a species from Southern Japan.
Asarum hirsutisepalum ‘Kinshachi’ is a Japanese selection of a Japanese endemic species.
Asarum asperum is yet another Japanese species
Some of these look like baby birds waiting for the next meal!
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