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An arum I think
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EJ
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:09 pm Post subject: An arum I think |
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This has spring up in my woodland garden. I don't mind it at all, think it is rather groovy, but many of the gardens I work in, the owners have me dig them out and bin them. They have a naked white bulb which is incredibly brittle. Any ideas as to what exactly it is? Thanks peeps.
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It looks like so sort of anthurium.Its bigger than mine.
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We call them Lords and Ladies here EJ. I think there Latin name is Arum maculatum. I wouldn't mind a few of them growing in my garden. 
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That'l do for me. I also referred to them as Lords and Ladies but didn't know if I was mis-identifying them. Am happy with them in my woodland then. Eileen, if I have anymore to clear from anyones gardens, would you like me to save you the bulbs?
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Would I?!!!! Oh yes please EJ that would be fantastic!!!  Thank you.
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Do be careful, they are very invasive. Even the A.pictum variegated form spreads a lot.
Wish this one did.
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Thanks Eric I'll make sure that I plant them in a large sunken pot then. 
 In fact I have an old zinc bath that I just need to bore holes in the bottom of so that would give them room to spread - just not too much!! 
What type is the one you have in your photograph? It looks as though you have a side shoot on it that may flower too.
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It is Arum purpurescens and, yes there are two or three more flower spikes on it.
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Thanks Eric I'll keep an eye out for some.
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Now that is gorgeous Eric. I will treat mine like the celadine that grows in my garden....dig it up in the autumn and just leave enough behind to give me a good show the following spring.
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Smells like pig manure by the way!
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Who cares about the smell when you get a bloom like that?!!! Anyway we have a pig farm to the east of us that and, when the wind is in the wrong direction, we get he smell of it wafting all around. Could be worse - could be chemicals.
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