Arisaema costatum. Favourite Plant in the garden this week

I recall I might be a 24-hour interval late , but I am join in with the favourite plant of the workweek meme atDanger Gardenas it seems appropriate with such a threatening looking plant as this weirdArisaemawhich is experience as The Striped Cobra Lily . It looks pretty severe to me with its long whip like tail . It has a lovely loot , empurpled and white hood with a foresighted outgrowth to the spadix . The actual flowers are midget and shroud at the base of the spadix . Arisaeamas are not precisely beautiful but they are weirdly fascinating . They are also peculiar in the way of life that they shift sex as they grow . The first inflorescence will have male flowers . In subsequent years it will have female flowers . Once successfully pollenate the seed product will exhaust the plant and it will go back to being male . I recollect the Scripture for this is monoicous . Correct me if I am wrong , I only learnt the word a few weeks ago .

The attractive , trifoliate or three lobed leaves are quite large .

genus Arisaema like woodland status and this one is audacious as long as you protect it in winter with a heavyset mulch . It is a near idea to cross out where you have found them because they disappear alone when they have finished flower . I always worry that I have lost them but when they appear they grow very quickly . I have planted thisArisaemaunder my lovely Forest PansyCercis canadensisas the beautiful purple colour of the spathe matches the colour of the leaves . I am not certain that this really is my favourite plant this hebdomad , how could it be when the rosebush are in bloom ? But it certainly is the eldritch . Perhaps there should be a weirdest plant life of the week meme . If you go over to toLoreeat Danger Garden you could find an even eldritch flora . Her cap Sedum : Sedum ochroleucumis very rummy .

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30 Responses toArisaema costatum. Favourite Plant in the garden this week

Great mail service with so much information Chloris – I was sent some Arisaema by Helene at Graphicality UK in our flora swop but sadly they haven ’ appear . Luckily she ’s send me some more . I ’ll be keeping in idea everything you ’ve compose and use the tip of mulching and marking . I love how you ’ve touch it with your Cercis – they really do show each other off .

Your Arisaema would be worth originate for the leaf alone , Chloris . The heyday is certainly weird but strangely hold back – it ’s a complete selection for a favorite this week . It ’s sexual urge modification potentiality adds to the fascination . I be given to boast the plants that peculiarly draw my tending , as opposed to the garden workhorses I favor to fill more spectacular roles in the garden .

I love it ! These are great lot of plants that I ’ve ignore to spring up , not sure why . Your location is also recherche next to your Cercis . Thank you for joining in the Fav fun and and you ’re not late it ’s great to post a fav whenever you have one . Now I need to explore more of your blog …

Oh lusciously dark and mysterious Chloris . I could be tempted but have just study the above comment about their fragrance 🙂

Arisaema costatum. Favourite Plant in the garden this week