perennial flower
Canadian wild ginger
A handsome native groundcover for moist shade beneath deciduous trees.
Growing Profile
- Hardiness
- Zones 3a-7a
- Sun
- partial, shade
- Soil
- loam
- Water
- medium
- Goals
- Low-maintenance natives, Curb appeal & color
Harvest & Use
heart-shaped leaves all season; hidden spring flowers
Useful search phrase: Canadian wild ginger.
Plant Relationships
Plant guild Medium
Shade-tolerant foliage and spring woodland plants make more sense as a layered understory than as isolated specimens.