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Araceae
Italian arum
Arum italicum
Also known as Lords and ladies, Cuckoo pint, Italian lords-and-ladies, Arum maculatum var. italicum
Native Plants · Woodland · Shade · Araceae · Ornamental Foliage · Tuberous · Autumn · Groundcover · Perennial · Arum
Italian arum thrives in partial shade with consistently moist, well-drained soil, making it ideal for woodland gardens or shaded borders. Its striking marbled foliage emerges in autumn and persists through spring, going dormant in summer heat. Plant tubers in autumn and leave undisturbed to naturalize over time.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- Temperature
- -10°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, France, Great Britain, Greece, Illinois, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Madeira
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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