Re: Devil's Arum

Hi Gene,

What's the botanical name of "Devil's Arum"?  The Sauromatum venosum  I got
from you last summer is sulking.  When do yours normally come up?

When should I plant things like Arum italicum here for the plants to have
the best chances of surviving?  How would they take all this rain we're
getting?  (Thursday and Friday we got a combined total of 1.1 inches
here.  We didn't need it!)

Regards
Jim Shields
in central Indiana

At 07:20 AM 6/14/2003 -0400, you wrote:

My Devil's Arum is really putting on a display this year. It is finally old
enough to have 4 bloom stalks. The blooms are monsters in size and the plant
about 3 1/2 feet tall with variegated leaves, so quite a show. Best(?) part
is the aroma from the blooms. Something like a skunk with very bad
breath...... Do not know why that thing so fascinates everyone. For about
three days you can not stand to be down wind of that plant, but all the
visitors to the garden complain, make jokes about the smell, and keep
walking around the arum.
    May be evil-looking, downright vulgar and smell, but it sure is a
conversation piece.......
    Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana

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