RE: thoughts on these plants anyone?

Thanks Gene, glad you added your two cents :)

I had thought of the native plants, but as my DH says, if I add one more
of them to this property the village will be here to cut down the
weeds... I don't believe it, but this year I am trying my hand at some
different items and hopefully they will blend in with the natives.

Thanks for the idea of phlox to go with... 

Donna



> 
> Hello Donna,
>     I would like to throw my two cents worth in here. I have been
> collecting
> and growing these strange beauties for some years now. I have had A.
> candidissimum for quite a few years and it is tough and reliable. Late
> emerger so does not get hit by frosts... which Arisaema are fairly
> sensitive
> to. Cold hardy, just do not like frost after they emerge. There are
> variations on a theme when it comes to bloom color. Know that a pure
white
> exists. Mine is a mauve-pink and white. I think it is probably the
most
> desirable of the arisaema for color. Everyone wants some when they
visit
> the
> garden and see it in bloom. Great foliage as well. Mine is in a raised
bed
> type environment, open woodland. Lots of light but out of direct sun
in
> the
> afternoon. Phlox stolonifera is a companion. do not bloom at the same
> time,
> but good green companion for the arisaema to come up out of as it
unfurls.
>     Fargesii is as easy as home made sin. Raised bed, eastern
exposure.
> Does
> not emerge until late June, early July here. You will swear you have
lost
> it
> every year. Enormous leaves in threes... and I do mean big. Very
tropical
> in
> appearance, but perfectly hardy. Will be around in the garden when
that
> hard
> frost comes through in late fall. Mine is deep, waxy, chocolate with
white
> pin stripes. Mine is with Japanese painted ferns.
>     Sikokianum I am trying again this year. Transplanted 3 more tubers
> last
> fall. I can not seem to keep this one. It emerges far too early here.
We
> get
> a warm spell in February and up it comes... to be hit by the real
winter
> we
> still have to experience. Not a pretty sight. After a couple of years
of
> this it gives up the ghost. See if you can locate a spot where the
winter
> sun does not warm up the soil early. One of the things I tried to do
this
> past fall hopping it will make a difference. also I found a friend in
> Maine
> who grew some from seed in their environment. Perhaps this time it
will be
> a
> keeper. If you ever see one in a garden, you will understand why I,
and
> most
> others, keep playing with this one to make it a keeper. Stunning. Mine
has
> a
> companion of creeping mint... Meehania cordata
>     Just to get ones big toe wet on collecting these ... try our
native
> Jack
> in the Pulpit.. A. tryphyllum... coming up through a ground cover of
> partridge berry... Mitchella repens.
>     Gene E. Bush
> Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
> www.munchkinnursery.com
> genebush@munchkinnursery.com
> Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Anyone grow these, looking for thoughts.
> > -----
> > Arisaema, if you could only pick one, what would it be and why:
> >           Candidissimum
> >           Fargesii
> >           Sikokianum
> > Also, what do you use for companion plants?
> 
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