Arum italicum 'Pictum' is a tuberous perennial to 35cm, with large, arrow-shaped dark, glossy green leaves veined creamy-white and appearing in autumn. Large greenish-yellow spathes with a yellow spadix are followed by showy spikes of orange-red berries;these you may wish to remove before ripening, as eaten especially by blackbirds; seedlings subsequently appear all around their territory.Particulary effective as a foliage foil to snowdrops in the garden or with daffodils in a vase. One of few that can survive even under the dryest shade of tree roots as it is  dormant before the summer heat arrives. 
Height: 10-50cms
Spread: 10-50cms
Grow in moist but well-drained humus-rich soil and plant in full sun or partial shade.
 
The pictures in this listing are examples of the available plant at maturity and do not indicate anything in regards to size of plant at the point of sale
 
         
Size of the plants
Plants are mostly grown in 9cm pots so sometimes there is a need to grow on for the first season to see a mature effect only in the second.
Some older supplied pots may be thick with stems but please note at the other extreme rather than not supply we sometimes send bare root divisions of the size we use for our own potting (continued since Covid stock shortage) usually these are pound or so cheaper than a grown pot. Tips for success are sent with all orders.
Slugs in Summer of 2024 (list deletions)
Most gardeners experienced severe damage from slugs and snails due to the extreme wet and a relatively mild winter. Some genera were not just damaged, but the extra stocks destroyed. We may reintroduce gradually some of the most valued, but others previously listed may remain absent for now.