Flowers for the garden
Italian arum
Arum italicum Mill
Family Araceae. On moist clayey, stony and calcareous soils in forests, shrub thickets and pastures in the Mediterranean, in the forests of the lower belt of the Crimea and the Caucasus; in Central Europe - in a naturalized state.
The height of this perennial plant is 60 cm, blooms in spring with pale creamy-yellow flowers with a spathe about 15 cm tall. Leaves are large with silvery and wavy margins and emerge in autumn. Attractive but poisonous red fruits appear at the end of summer. The Arum white-winged poorly and far from always survives the winter in the middle zone of Russia. Unfortunately, flower firms most often bring in for sale plants of this very species. In cultivation since 1683.