Asarum inflatum Shanghai Kosteletzkya where it grows in dry

where it grows in dry rocky soils

Ours has thrived in our crevice garden planted in mostly gravel

so we introduced it as a named seed strain in 2007

then again in the fall

which is 10" tall when growing in part sun

Asarum inflatum Shanghai Kosteletzkya where it grows in dryAsarum 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