Arisaema

The Cobra Lilies are dormant in winter, going up and flowering quickly once the tubers start growing. Everything about them is lovely, the spooky mottled emerging shoots, bold leaves and exotic aroid flowers. As a rule, plenty of warmth and moisture, a relatively well drained soil away from direct sunlight will suit them (most of these are from warm temperate Northern India and the Himalayas, and serious cold is not to their liking). Our heavy wet soil is not to the liking of every species, so we grow many very successfully as pot subjects. Once they die down, we let the compost dry off, then lift the tubers in early autumn, storing them in brown paper bags in a cool but frost-free room, potting up again from the end of February here. In autumn, we supply recently lifted tubers in autumn. Store as above, planting next spring. All propagated here in Devon.

Arisaema candidissimum £5
White/pink striped spathes. Trifoliate leaves. One of the best known and best as
garden plants, even on clay. 40cm.
Arisaema ciliatum £4
Freely dividing, and very late into growth (June here) - hence late flowering. Flowers when small, 25cm tall, said to reach over 1m ultimately. Good bet in the open garden.
Arisaema consanguineum AGM £5
Tall, once it gets established, up to 1m.
Arisaema exappendiculatum £5
A few spares of this one, rather new to us.
Arisaema flavum £4
Short and pretty, flowering when young. Small spathes, green and yellow. Known as a good doer in the garden.
Arisaema ringens £5
Very distinctive flowers; the large green/white striped spathe is folded over at the top, almost closing the entrance. An excellent plant. 50cm.