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Arum italicum - Italian Arum

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Arum italicum - Italian Arum
 
1-1.5' x 1'       Pt shade      Apr-May
Thick, fleshy stalks bearing cream-yellow spadices hooded by showy spathes appear in the spring followed in the fall by red berries and fresh, arrow-shaped leaves marbled with pale veins.Foliage persists through the winter but vanishes in the heat of summer. Plant in humusy, moist, well-drained soil.

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