• Image of Asarum forbesii 'Venus' taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC by JLBG
    Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC by JLBG
  • Image of Asarum forbesii 'Venus' taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC by JLBG
    Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC by JLBG
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Asarum forbesii 'Venus'

Venus Wild Ginger

This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.

Shop Available Asarum

Item #: 13283

Zones: 5a to 8b

Dormancy: Winter, Fall

Height: 6" tall

Culture: Light Shade

Origin: China

Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)


Logo indicating plant is one of Plant Delights' Introductions

Asarum forbesii 'Venus' is our second introduction of the amazing, but sadly, little-known Chinese wild ginger, that's hopelessly misidentified in the trade. Asarum forbesii 'Venus' makes a slowly-spreading deciduous groundcover that's both dense and tough as nails in the woodland garden. Rich soils, light shade, and average moisture grow the best wild gingers. The foliage of Asarum 'Venus' is dark green with abundant lighter green randomly un-random blotches. The triangular-shaped foliage is also larger than our earlier introduction Asarum 'Mercury'. If you peek below its skirt of foliage from April through May, you see an amazing number of bronze, three-petaled flowers...shhh, we won't tell if you won't.