Arisaema atrorubens (Dragon arum). This is a perennial stalked clump, the leaves are palmately-lobed with oblong-ovate leaflets. The flowers are spathes which are stripped purple.
Perennial, Bulb, Fragrant
E. USA
Grown for the large, curious, hooded spathes, each enclosing a pencil-shaped spandex.
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You can plant the tubers in the winter or spring. When grown indoors grow in a clay loamy soil, Outdoors grow in moist well-drained humus-rich soil.
Sow the seeds in a cold frame in the autumn of the spring.
Watch out for vine weevils and slugs.
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