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Asarum Europeum ( wild ginger)

UaldaUalda Posts: 4

 image Hello,

I would like to know if the flowers stink because I have read that they are pollinated by flies.image

Ualda

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,136

    The leaves and roots smell peppery/spicey.  I must say that I've never noticed a smell from the flowers, which are very small.

     


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,444

    I've never noticed anything either



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • UaldaUalda Posts: 4

    Thank you! image

  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039

    In my garden it is a total martyr to slugs, although I love the shiny leaves in the shade.

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
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