Arisaema heterophyllum Number Zones 5-9 Fall 2003 Tall, vigorous East Asian species to 3' called "dancing crane" in Japanese, which it resembles. There is one leaf with a least 15 leaflets, with a green flower held high above the leaf. The spathe is green, with a very long, yellow, whip-like spadix that arches up and descends. Easy.
Arisaema kiushianum Number Zones 6-9 Fall 2003 Charming species with a single leaf to I' tall, with 7-13 leaflets. The flower is held on a short stalk. The spathe is dark purple with white markings inside. The spadix is tail-like and more than 5" long. " Like a mouse doing the rumba," says Maggie Wyche. Late spring bloomer.
NEW!Arisaema maximowiczii *Sorry Sold Out* Number Zones 5-9 Fall 2003 Elegant Japanese species from the mountains of Kyushu. The tall stem bears 1 leaf with about 10 leaflets. The flowers are striped green or purple with white inside, with a threadlike extension on the spathe. Mid season, excellent garden plant.
Arisaema negishii Number Zones 6-9 Fall 2003 Big husky species with great vigor from the southern islands of Japan. Two divided green leaves. Spathe tube is white, green above, with a short hood and a long reddish spadix snaking out from under the spathe hood, like a cobra sticking its tongue out. Keep slightly moist when dormant.
Arisaema ringens Number Zones 5-9 Fall 2003 Common Asian species with glorious 3-parted foliage, gray-green and glossy, and a green-and purple, rather fist-shaped flower. Easy long-lived garden plant that forms large clumps. Worth growing for its handsome foliage. Always popular.
Arisaema sazensoo *Sorry Sold Out* Number Zones 6-9 Fall 2003 Wrongly listed in some books as a synonym of A. sikokianum, this blooms 3 weeks later here. The spadix is not bulbous, and the purple spathe hood droops way down over the tube. Name is from "zazen", Japanese Buddhist meditation, as the flower recalls a bowed monk meditating. Hard to find. Good garden plant. Mid-spring. Rhymes with "ma can sew".
Arisaema serratum Number Zones 5-9 Fall 2003 Tall, vigorous wide-spread Asian species with green or purplish- brown striped flowers held above two leaves with many leaflets. Sometimes more than 3' tall. Dependable, stately garden plant. Early to mid-season bloomer.
Arisaema sikokianum Number Zones 5-9 Fall 2003 Widespread Japanese/Chinese species, one of the easiest garden plants and unsurpassed for "wow" impact. Startling white, golf-ball-like spadix is displayed against the erect purple spathe. Two dark green divided leaves. Early to mid spring. Always sells out.
Arisaema tashiroi *Sorry Sold Out* Number Zones 5-9 Fall 2003 An aristocrat among the Japanese arisaemas, seldom offered. Stately, vigorous plant to 3 ft.+, with the flower held high above the leaves. The inside of the spathe is white and seems to glow in the shade. Late bloom.
Arisaema ternatipartitum Number Zones 6-9 Fall 2003 Diminutive, very rare species with 3-parted leaves and "ears" on the brown spathe. Cute trough or garden plant. Sends out short rhizomes from the tuber and makes new tubers on the ends, forming colonies. Tubers are always small. Mid-spring. Easy.
Arisaema thunbergii Number Zones 6-9 Fall 2003 From the southern islands of Japan, this has much-divided glossy leaves and a very long, black whip-like spadix snaking out from the purple-brown spathe. Dramatic and always popular.
Arisaema tosaense Number Zones 5-9 Fall 2003 Tall, vigorous species from Shikoku Island, Japan. Green spathe has a long-extended tip and droops way down over the face of the tube. Translucent spathe is especially beautiful when back-lit. Easy garden plant. Late spring bloom.
Arisaema urashima Number Zones 5-9 Fall 2003 Very similar overall to A. fhunbergii, but hardier, somewhat coarser in appearance, and often with broader leaflets. Easy and vigorous, good garden plant.
NEW!Arisaema yamatense *Sorry Sold Out* Number Zones 5-9 Fall 2003 Striking species from central Japan to 3' tall. The stem is boldly mottled in a snakeskin pattern. The flower is pale green with white stripes, with an erect hood, white inside. Early to mid-season.
