One of our jack-in-the-pulpit hybrids that has looked fabulous in the garden this spring is Arisaema x trigesii ‘Zebra Stripes’. This selection is from our cross of the North American native Arisaema triphyllum and the Chinese native, Arisaema fargesii. This selection has amazing vigor, and we look forward to the day that we will have
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Looking lovely this week in the garden is the rock jack-in-the-pulpit, Arisaema saxatile. This splendid, mid-season jack hails from rocky pine forests in Sichuan and Yunnan, China, at elevations between 5,000′ and 10,000′. The Latin epithet “saxatile” translates to “grows among the rocks”. Despite it’s natural habitat in dense shade, we have found it performs
Here’s a fun combo we planted in the woodland garden with a silver-center leaf Jack-in-the-pulpit, Arisaema serratum in a patch of Rohdea japonica ‘Sekkei-no-Homare’. We used the leaf color in the jack to echo the leaf edge color in the sacred lily.
One of the lovely surprises from the aroid collections of the late Alan Galloway, has been the winter hardiness of the “tropical” Arisaema nonghinense. This little-known jack-in-the-pulpit, which was only named in 2014, endemic from 1,500-1,800′ elevation in the Nong Hi district in Thailand’s Loei Province. For those who don’t know Thailand, it’s the last
One of the joys of trialing so many plants are the unexpected successes. One of those successes, flowering now is the Jack-in-the-pulpit, Arisaema prazeri ‘Chiang Mai’ (praise yer eye). This Northern Thailand collection from the late Alan Galloway has absolutely no business thriving here in the ground, yet here it is in flower in mid-June,
The earliest of the Jack-in-the-pulpit species have begun to flower, starting with the consistently early Arisaema ringens. All of the arisaema shown below are woodland plants that thrive in rich, but well-drained, average to slightly moist (mesic) soils. Explore our full arisaema collection. Next in line this spring was the alluring Japanese, Arisaema mayebarae. A
The first of the cobra lilies are up and flowering already. Arisaema ringens is already in full flower at JLBG, sporting its diabolical-looking inflorescences, tucked among the tropical looking foliage. This is one of the easiest arisaema species to grow over a wide range of climates. Hardiness is Zone 5a-9b.
For baseball fans, you know the Say Hey Kid as the great Willy Mays, but in horticutlure, we have a Say Hey Kid also, Arisaema sahyadricum (say-hey-dricum). This little grown, Jack-in-the-Pulpit hails from India, where it was just discovered in 1993. Compared to most jacks that flower in the spring, this is a summer flowering
Flowering now in the garden is the stately Japanese jack-in-the-pulpit, Arisaema serratum var. mayebarae. This is one of many regional ecotypes of the large Arisaema serratum complex, which some authors designate at the species level. This 3′ tall specimen is always an eye-catcher. Hardiness is Zone 5b-8b.
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Sometimes you see a plant, or a photo of a plant, that raises your horticultural lust to somewhat unhealthy levels. At this point in life, that happens far less than it used to, but one plant that remained on my lust list for over a decade was the aroid, Pinellia ‘Purple Dragon’. For those who
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