A dense patch of wild ginger used as ground cover under trees in a residential garden. - Gabriela Beres/Shutterstock When it comes to plants you grow to protect your soil and cover your garden beds in ...

Do you have a shady area that needs vegetation? As its velvety green heart-shaped foliage slowly grows back each spring, wild ginger (Asarum canadense) provides a lush and hardy covering over your ...

What: This Pacific Northwest native is tops for the garden. Western wild ginger’s bold, heart-shaped leaves are fully evergreen and release a spicy, ginger-and-citrus fragrance when crushed. Asarum ...

When outside exploring nature, many people are drawn to the animal kingdom. Animals have observable behaviors, not to mention a pair of eyes staring at you – the owl in a tree, the fawn in a clearing, ...

What: Asarum europaeum, aka European wild ginger, has distinctive, glossy dark green, kidney-shaped leaves and grows as a tight and compact groundcover. This wild ginger is ideal for deep shade and ...

Finding plants that can survive in shallow soil can be tricky, so we've rounded up 22 of them that don't mind the shade and ...

The greening of the forests is upon us now and soon we'll be seeing a full canopy among the trees. Looking through the open woods as we were able to do for the last seven months is about to end. New ...

Nancy J. Turner and Adam F. Szczawinski write in "Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms of North America" (Timber Press, 1995) that wild ginger ( Asarum ) contains the volatile oil asarone, which has ...

Scientists have named the new ginger plant Aframomum ngamikkense after the proposed Ngamikka National Park in the Misotshi-Kabogo Massif. The species is currently known only from forests at higher ...