Asarum inflatum Shanghai Alpinia In early March

In early March

but painfully slow-growing century plant

where he stumbled on a clump of Salvia farinacea gracing the Texas gravesite of Augusta Duelberg

and full sun for at a few hours each day

5" apricot-colored flowers

Asarum inflatum Shanghai Alpinia In early MarchAsarum inflatum 'Shanghai' is the only form of the rarely grown Chinese Asarum inflatum that we are aware of in cultivation. Asarum inflatum 'Shanghai' makes a 6" tall x 18" wide (in 5 years) slowly spreading evergreen patch of very thick, 5" long, heart shaped leaves that are green with a muted silver marbling. The clumps are adorned in early April (NC) with stunning masses of large purple black flowers, each with a corrugated white eye. Thanks to