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Italian Lords And Ladies

Arum italicum subsp. italicum

Italian Lords And Ladies
Photo: Citron, CC BY-SA 3.0

Italian Lords and Ladies is a woodland and hedgerow perennial from the arum family, grown mainly for its marbled leaves and winter-to-spring flowers. The subspecies is variable, so leaf pattern and plant size differ between plants.

Family
Araceae (Arum family)
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep soil moist during active growth in spring, and water less once the leaves die back in summer.
Soil
Humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil, or leaf mould.
Temperature
Hardy to about -15 °C; tolerates cold winters well.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Toxic: All parts contain calcium oxalate crystals and irritant compounds that cause burning of the mouth and throat and gut upset if eaten.

About

Arum italicum subsp. italicum is a flowering plant subspecies in the family Araceae.

Where it grows

It in a wide range of habitats between sea level and 1,200 meters. It is native to Europe south of the Netherlands, North Africa, and north and western Turkey, but has is now widely established elsewhere after being introduced as an ornamental plant

Other Arum plants

Apulian Lords And Ladies · Arum besserianum · Arum · Elaborated Arum · Cretan Arum · Mountain Arum · Arum cyrenaicum · Dioscorides Arum · Black Sea Arum · Water Arum · Arum idaeum · Arum italicum subsp. albispathum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arum italicum subsp. italicum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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