May 2014: Fun with native plants- WILD GINGER

Asarum euorpaeum/ European Wild Ginger

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Asarum canadense/ Canadian Wildginger

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Compare and contrast beloved garden plants and their native alter egos. Here I depict the glossy leaved European Wild Ginger plant with the more subdued but native variety, Canadian Wild Ginger. With similar growing requirements, the two live up to the old adage, "its the same difference"!