I also can't recall any sticks of red berries in my garden, though some other aroids, like Arum nigrum and various Arisaemas, do make colourful berries here. The only place I have seen a stand of Arum italicum berries worthy of a photo in a magazine was at Bishop's Close in Portland Oregon. I am trying to think what may have contributed to the display. (It was over 20 years ago so my memory is hazy.) I think the arum was the sole inhabitant of a section of border below a boxwood hedge, and was there a stone pathway beside it? This is quite different from all the places it grows in my garden, where there is a jumble of crowded plants, and probably more shade. So perhaps isolation and less shade are important. -- Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada maritime zone 8 cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually) sandy soil