Asarum dissitum Black Flowering Plants and are produced in the

and are produced in the heat of summer

tan and black patterned petiole

Our friend and brilliant plant taxonomist Larry Hatch has so far traced this amazing cultivar back to 1812

Sarracenia purpurea produces new pitchers throughout the growing season

Named after 19th century German botanist/pteridologist Alexander Braun

Asarum dissitum Black Flowering Plants and are produced in theFrom Ishigaki Island in the Japanese Ryuku Island chain comes a new asarum into the US. A. dissitum is renowned for its thick velvety evergreen foliage, which can be either solid green or occasionally speckled with silver. A clump formed from the large rounded 3 4" leaves makes a spectacular specimen for the woodland rock garden. The small rounded brown bottle shaped flowers surround the base in spring.