Botanical name: Arum maculatum
Other names: Cuckoo pint, Lords and ladies, Wild arum, Jack in the pulpit, Devils and angels, Cows and bulls
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Genus: Arum
Species: A. maculatum - A. maculatum is a herbaceous perennial with green, glossy leaves with purple spots that appear from winter to spring with and a pale green-white hooded leaf-like spathe. In summer the leaves die down but red berries are produced.
Arum maculatum is: Semi evergreen
Flower: Greenish-white in Spring; Greenish-white in Winter
Foliage: Spotted, Purple, Green in Spring; Spotted, Purple, Green in Winter
Fruit: Red in Summer
Habit: Compact, Cushion or Mound Forming, Spreading
Toxicity: All parts, including berries, are highly toxic by ingestion; skin and eye irritant too.
Arum maculatum (Lords and ladies) will reach a height of 0.45m and a spread of 0.5m after 2-5 years.
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Suggested uses: Cottage/Informal, Flower Arranging, Beds and borders, Underplanting
Cultivation: Plant in moist but well-drained humus-rich soil 10-15cm deep.
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Chalky, Loamy, Sandy |
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Well-drained |
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Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
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Partial Shade, Full Shade, Full Sun |
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North, South, East, West |
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Sheltered |
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Hardy (H4) |
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Comment from
MRS L A MCGILLIGAN
I would try some stump killer it usually works for Knot weed. Good luck
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- Posted: Sat. 17th March 2012 17:50
Question from
Peter Beighton
I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to eradicate this invasive plant from a garden ? This is my experience:
This appears to be a very invasive plant and is beginning to take over the garden. It is coming up in new places every year even though I never let a plant get to the berry forming stage.
i) Digging out is almost impossible as it has very deep bulbs and the main bulbs seem to be surrounded by other very tiny bulbs which can easily get left behind in the soil.
ii) It does not seem to react to glyphosate. I thought I was having some success by rubbing the glyphosate into the waxy leaves with rubber gloves (the plant is poisonous as well as the glyphosate) but the plants came back the following year.
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- Posted: Sat. 17th March 2012 09:03
- Last reply: Sun. 18th March 2012 09:07
Comment from
Miriam Mesa-Villalba
Its orange-red berries, in the autumn, are attractive but poisonous, producing a burning sensation in the mouth. Its root was once used as a source of starch in the days when collars and cuffs were stiff and white.The flowers produce a pungent smell which attracts carrion-feeding flies. The insects, crawling downwards in search of nectar, brush against the pollen-bearing stamens. Many insects die in this process, since they are unable to escape, but this is not a carnivorous plant: the deaths are merely incidental to the plant's reproductive cycle.
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- Posted: Sat. 6th June 2009 11:32
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