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.
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.
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?
Not a prob, was on the allotment today, and guess what is growing merrily under my apple trees? I shall sort them out next week when I am up there.
Do be careful, they are very invasive. Even the A.pictum variegated form spreads a lot. Wish this one did.
Thanks Eric I'll make sure that I plant them in a large sunken pot then. :-D :idea: 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.
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.
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. :-D
