code: 755
This tall aroid has many spathes blooming from May to late August
Family: Araceae
Plant Classification: Hardy perennial
Minimum Height: 25 cm
Maximum Height: 35 cm
Packet Content(approx.): 5
This tall aroid has many spathes blooming from May to late August, and bears a marked resemblance to a “Jack in the Pulpit” with a similar tubular, pale-green spathe and a long whip-like tail. However, unlike many other relatives, this unusual plant blooms almost non-stop from spring through to the autumn frosts and is surprisingly easy to grow, very hardy, and soundly perennial.
Sowing advice:
Seeds can be sown at any time but are best sown in winter or early spring to benefit from a cold spell in the wet compost to break their dormancy. We advise covering seeds very thinly with sand or fine grit to about the depth of the seed size. If the seeds do not come up within 6 to 12 weeks the damp seed tray can be given cold treatment in a fridge for about four weeks. They may still take very many months to appear, so please never discard the pot or tray.
Information:
Spread: 0.50 to 1.00 feet
Bloom Time: June to August
Bloom Description: Spathe (pale green) and spadix (pale yellow)
Sun: Part shade to full shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Medium
Suggested Use: Naturalize
Flower: Showy
Fruit: Showy
Tolerate: Deer
Culture
Grow in moist, rich, fertile, humusy, well-drained soils in part shade to full shade. Best in part shade. Plants can easily spread in the garden to form a large clump by (a) offsets from the tubers, (b) bulbils which form at the base of the petioles, and (c) self-seeding which, in warm southern gardens, often borders on the invasive unless flowers stalks are removed prior to the dropping of the seed. Plants are probably winter hardy to USDA Zones 4-8, but some experts claims the plants perform poorly north of Zone 6.
