Asarum sieboldii Disporum Can you smell them now

Can you smell them now

large-flowered

a seriously exhibitionist plant

Stalks of white flowers appear just above the foliage in summer

a few days after each summer rain

Asarum sieboldii Disporum Can you smell them nowAsarum sieboldii is an important medicinal herb in China, called xiexin, but is almost unknown in US gardens. In the wild, Asarum sieboldii can be found on forested mountain slopes in Korea and the adjacent Liaoning Province of China. The upright, 6" fuzzy green leaves are held in pairs, forming an attractive evergreen clump. At the base of the leaf pairs are small dark purple flowers that appear in mid spring. Asarum sieboldii is very easy to grow in