Asarum harperi Velvet Queen 2a where visitors were gawking

where visitors were gawking

who named his creation after his wife

when the seedlings finally flowered in 2012

it's hard to imagine that these are really ferns

5' tall x 6' wide evergreen specimen

Asarum harperi Velvet Queen 2a where visitors were gawking(aka: Asarum shuttleworthii var. harperi) Asarum 'Velvet Queen' is a selection of the American native evergreen wetland growing wild ginger, Asarum harperi, which can be found in scattered sites in Georgia and Alabama, where it grows in wet seeps, along streams, and in bogs. The heart shaped, glossy, dark green leaves of Asarum harperi 'Velvet Queen' (double the size of Asarum 'Callaway') are each highlighted by a dramatic silver pattern. Tucked just