A beautiful ginger with glossy foliage! A valuable groundcover plant for shady areas. A creeping evergreen perennial with glossy green, kidney shaped leaves and solitary purple flowers hidden by the leaves. It occurs mostly in deciduous woodland or coniferous forests, especially in calcareous (chalky) soils. Tolerant of poor and somewhat dry soils.

A. europaeum is quite shade-tolerant and is often employed as groundcover where little else will grow. This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society-s Award of Garden Merit.

Rare and limited supply.

Type: Hardy perennial

Hardiness zones: 4-7

Height: 10-15 cm, 4-6"

Location: Shade or part shade

Seeds per pack: 10