Arum. italicum marmoratum

Arum. pictum

Form: Shade loving tuberous perennials. They follow the classic pattern of many Mediterranean geophytes, with summer dormancy. Leaves appear in October and flowering is in April.
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Foliage: Deep green leaves
Flowers: Produces a spathe which is deep purple-black inside, toning to paler shades of violet at the edges, surrounds a deep reddish-purple spadix

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Form: Hardy tuberous perennial
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Foliage: Plain green leaves
Flowers: A slender green spathe, around a deeper purplish spadix

Form: Tuberous perennial, with horizontal tubers
Height: 2-3ft (60-90cm)
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Foliage: Arrow shaped deep-green leaves blotched with silver-grey.
Flowers: Very large lemon-lime to white spathes around 6-12in (15-30cm) a yellow spadix of 3.5-11in (9-27cm)

Leaves need protection in winter

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Form: Spring flowering tuberous perennial
Height: 12-20in (30-50cm)
Spread: 8-12in (20-30cm)
Foliage: Arrow-shaped, semi-erect, deep-green leaves in autumn.
Flowers: In spring producing yellow or white spathes, are bottle-shaped at the base, being slightly reflexed at the apex, and having a protruding yellow spadix.

Sweetly scented

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Form: Tuberous perennial with a vertical tuber, resembling A. maculatum with a horizontal tuber.
Height: 8-16in (20-40cm)
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Foliage: Glossy, arrow-shaped, deep-green leaves.
Flowers: A creamy, greenish-white spathe, with unremarkable pale creamy yellow spadix, followed by bright red berries

Form: Tuberous perennial
Height: 14-18in (35-45cm)
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Foliage: Broad arrow-shaped, dark-green, leaves
Flowers: Light green spathes of 4-7in (10-16cm) long, with a 2.5in (6cm) broad spathe-limb, with a pink to rosy purple interior, and a dark pink/purple spadix of 3-4in (7-9cm) long.

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Form: Tuberous perennial
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Foliage: Dark green, arrow-shaped leaves
Flowers: Pale green spathes with confluent smooth velvety purplish-black blotches inside with a black spadix

Form: Vertically tuberous perennial
Height: 12-16in (30-40cm)
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Foliage: Dark green, arrow-shaped leaves
Flowers: In April/May producing remarkable deep purplish-red spathes, and spadix which at flowering time is only 10-15cm long but lengthens at fruiting time

Form: Unusual hood forming tuberous perennial
Height: 16-28in (40-70cm)
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Foliage: Green lanceolate leaves up to 17in (45cm) long
Flowers: The spathe is bright green externally and greenish-white inside, surrounding a spadix of two-thirds the length of the spathe

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Form: Hardy, spring flowering tuberous perennial
Height: 8-12in (20-30cm)
Spread: 8-12in (20-30cm)
Foliage: Arrow-shaped, semi-erect, deep-green leaves in autumn.
Flowers: In spring producing dull purple spathes, that are bottle-shaped at the base, being slightly reflexed at the apex, and having a protruding deep purple spadix.

Form: Tuberous perennials
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Foliage: Handsome plain green sagittate leaves
Flowers: Large pale creamy white spathes

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Form: Tuberous perennials
Height: 6-10in (15-25cm)
Spread: 8-12in (20-30cm)
Foliage: Having semi-erect, dark-green, leaves with cream or white veining
Flowers: Producing pale-green, or creamy-white spathes, followed by red berries on the erect stems in the autumn.

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Form: Tuberous perennials
Height: 8-16in (20-40cm)
Spread: 
Foliage: Having unmarked, deep-green leaves
Flowers: Spathe externally mid-green, interior green, shaded purple. Spadix dull cream

Non-odorous.

Lords and Ladies Cuckoo Pint

Form: Vigorous, Fully Hardy, tuberous perennial
Height: 10in (25cm)
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Foliage: Producing arrow-shaped light to dark-green leaves blotched with brownish purple
Flowers: A creamy, greenish-white spathe, with unremarkable pale creamy yellow spadix, followed by bright red berries

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Form: Vigorous, Fully Hardy, tuberous perennial
Height: 6-10in (15-25 cm)
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Foliage: Leaves are glossy and deep-green
Flowers: In May producing a satin-purple/black spathe, surrounding a pale brown to deep purple spadix

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Form: The largest of these tuberous perennials
Height: 18-24 in. (45-60 cm)
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Foliage: Large unmarked glossy green arrow shaped leaves.
Flowers: large spathes that are velvety black when they first unfurl, then changing to a rich purple. The spadix is black.
Surprisingly the flowers are sweetly rose scented 

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Form: Tuberous perennials ~ Arum. pictum is the only autumn flowering member of this genus. It also has a characteristic purple edge to the young leaves
Height: 6-10in (15-25cm)
Spread: 6-8in (15-20cm)
Foliage: The arrow-shaped, semi-erect, leaves are first deep, shiny green upon emergence, later towards the spring they become glossy green with cream/silver veining.
Flowers: In autumn, both the leaves and cowl-like, velvet-textured, deep purple-brown spathe, and deep purple/black spadix are produced

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Form: A perennial Arum with horizontal tubers
Height: 25-50cm
Spread: 
Foliage: Unmarked green leaves 12in (30cm) appear in autumn
Flowers: In spring this beautiful Arum produces a deep silky purple spathe half the length of the slender black spadix, followed by orange berries

Likes a good summer dormancy

Form: Tuberous perennials
Height: 15-24in (40-65cm)
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Foliage: Leaves are oblong-sagittate, unmarked, and dark green
Flowers: The spathe is long and narrow, pale green, and purple stained on the exterior, interior is purplish-red, and the spadix pale-yellow.

Flowers not scented. 

The Biggest Flower in the World grown to flowering size by Kew Gardens 

Cultivation: -

Requires a moist but well-drained soil, in a partially shaded, or sunny site

Propagation: -

Sow seed in autumn, or divide clumps in early autumn.

Fully to Half Hardy

Pests & Diseases: -