Arum Italicum
Diane Whitehead (Thu, 15 Jul 2004 09:49:26 PDT)

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.

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Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8
cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
sandy soil