Hosta Tongue Lashing Alcea Asarum asperum 'Silver Streak' forms

Asarum asperum 'Silver Streak' forms a compact 3" tall x 1' wide evergreen clump of heart-shaped leaves

deciduous ground cover that is unrivaled for dry shade

open grasslands in the Natal Mountains of South Africa where it was discovered in 1860

but very remote Sohuksan Island

Hosta Tongue Lashing Alcea Asarum asperum 'Silver Streak' formsHosta 'Tongue Lashing' is a 2018 Plant Delights Nursery introduction, created from a complex series of crosses involving Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears', venusta, kikutii, longipes 'Tardiflora', rupifraga, plantaginea, and sieboldiana. The small, elegant, rock garden sized 6" tall x 15" wide clumps are composed of dark green, narrow, twisted leaves. Starting in mid July, the clumps are topped with a stunning floral display. The 18" tall spikes are topped with