Cat was mouse hunting in the Shade Garden, so I went to see what he had caught and this was flowering. Would never have seen it, deepest, darkest red in the shade!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v172/Berghill/April05/arumpurpsmall.jpg)
That is amazing Eric. :o
Whoh Eric, see what you mean!! :o Lottie
Are these not nicknamed naughty boys :P
that's quite something, Palustris-have you grown it from seed- is it hardy??
Grown from seed, taken about 5 years to flower and it seems to be hardy. Comes from the Caucasus mountains so it ought to be.
it interests me because i tried dracunculus vulgaris from seed-it looks very similar to your picture. when the seed had germinated it threw upa small stem and leaf, but then not much happened. underneath the surface it had formed a tiny bulb, but then-nothing! it seemed to sulk and wither. so..did your arum form a bulb/tuber(?). and was it straightforward to grow? (questions, questions!)
i still have seeds so i will try again.
Yes they are bulbous plants for a start. If I remember correctly it grew on for the first season (well fed as I do all baby bulbs) then when it died down I stopped watering and kept the pot fairly dry, until it started into growth again. then it was planted out in the garen and forgotten about. I think D, vulgaris is more tender than this one, so perhaps it needs to be kept indoors.
well, i've had another inspect of my remaining drancunculus, and although the bulb itself is tiny, it is, encouragingly, sprouting. i guess it pays not to be too hasty!
it's an interesting point about feeding, not something i had considered.
what do you feed with though?-not sure which combination of NPK would be best for it at this point....