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Perennial Plant Feature–Wild Ginger

By Dr. Leonard Perry, Extension Professor University of Vermont

The Wild Gingers (genus Asarum) are excellent perennials to mass in shady or wooded areas for groundcovers. Given moist, well-drained soil in part to full shade, they are low maintenance.

Wild Gingers are six to 10 inches tall and spread 12

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Use Caution With Medicinal Herbs

By Joyce

Never before, even during the heyday of botanic medicine, have laypeople expressed such interest in using herbs to maintain health and to treat disease. They are under the mistaken belief that herbs are healthier and safer than over-the-counter drugs. Nor have so many herbs been so widely available before to

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