Ficus johannis ssp afghanistanica Silver Lyre Iran Essentially

Essentially

Asarum splendens is a vigorous and superbly easy-to-grow Chinese wild ginger that makes a great evergreen groundcover for the woodland garden

native or otherwise

It also has a bit of tolerance to sun

originally shared by plantsman Barry Yinger

Ficus johannis ssp afghanistanica Silver Lyre Iran EssentiallyWe have been thrilled with Sean Hogan's extremely vigorous, silver leaf selection of Afghan fig, Ficus johannis ssp. afghanistanica 'Silver Lyre'. We think this probably represents a hybrid with the edible fig, Ficus carica. The upright woody stems quickly reach 20' tall x 10' wide our plants reached 8' tall x 8' wide in 18 months. Each upright trunk is clothed with 4" long, snowflake shaped, silvery green, sandpapery leaves quite different from other