Arum palaestinum Ornamental Seed or Fruit with 2' tall stalks of

with 2' tall stalks of 12-15 deep pink

This is one of the new wave of variegated leaf cannas

native to the southeastern US

8' tall specimens with bizarrely branching fronds

it really doesn't require any garden maintenance since it dies back to the ground on its own in fall

Arum palaestinum Ornamental Seed or Fruit with 2' tall stalks ofArum palaestinum is a Palestinian native, that's one of our favorite hardy aroids, thriving for us since the early 1990s. In fall, the dark green, trowel shaped foliage emerges from the underground tubers to form a nice clump of foliage that remains evergreen all the winter. In early April, the bizarre, purple black, tail like sex appendage (spadix) emerges from within a wicked looking shell like spathe to rise above the foliage in a stunning