There are some 26 species of spring flowering tuberous perennials, in this genus. \u00a0They are found in Southern Europe, the Mediterranean region, Northern Africa, and Western Asia to the Western Himalayas. \u00a0Grown for their spear, arrow or heart shaped leaves, often variegated with paler green along the veins. \u00a0It produces large spathes encloses thin spadices of tiny flowers either sweetly or unpleasantly scented which are followed by spikes of red or orange berries. \u00a0All parts may cause discomfort if ingested and contact with sap may irritate skin. \u00a0The leaves are commonly used in floral arrangements.<\/p>\n
When grown indoors grow in coarse soil less potting mix with additional grit, in full or filtered light. \u00a0During the growing season water freely and apply a balance liquid fertilizer monthly, reduce water as the leaves wither and keep dry when dormant.<\/p>\n
When grown outdoors grow in well drained, humus rich soil in a sheltered site in sun or partial shade. \u00a0Divide after flowering.<\/p>\n
Arum italicum \u2013 Italian Arum<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 This tuberous perennial from Europe, Turkey, and Northern Africa grows to 12\u201d tall. \u00a0It produces broad arrow to spear shaped mid green, marbled white veined leaves to 14\u201d long lasting that into late spring. \u00a0In early spring it bears pale greenish white spathes 6-16\u201d long with yellow spadix standing erect in the center. \u00a0After flowers dieback spikes of bright orange-red berries that out last the leaves, hold to the new leaves develop in late summer. \u00a0In partially shaded sites, it will produce larger leaves, although need an open sunny site to flower well.<\/p>\n Zones 7-10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Arum \u2013 Lords and Ladies There are some 26 species of spring flowering tuberous perennials, in this genus. \u00a0They are found in Southern Europe, the Mediterranean region, Northern Africa, and Western Asia to the Western Himalayas. \u00a0Grown for their spear, arrow or heart shaped leaves, often variegated with paler green along the veins. \u00a0It produces […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[21,36,20,44],"product_tag":[],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160252465"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3956"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3956"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3956"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=3956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}