WOODLAND PERENNIALS
Arisaema ehimense Zones 5-9 #029-003
Tall, stately species to 5 feet recently found on the island of Shikoku, Japan. The spadix is often purple, contrasting with the green spathe. Attractive foliage, midseason bloom. Rare, but easy to grow. USDA Zones 6-9
Arisaema heterophyllum Zones 5-9 #029-014
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 iyoanum Zones 6-9 #029-004
Very rare species from the mountains of Shikoku, Japan. The flower is unusually dramatic, with a long swooping hood, held above the one much divided leaf. Needs humu-rich, very well-drained soil in light to medium shade. USDA Zones 6-9
Arisaema iyoanum subsp. nakaianum Zones 6-9 #029-008
One of the rarest and most dramatic of the Japanese arisaemas, native to Shikoku Island, rarely offered for sale. The swooping purple striped spathe is dramatically rolled at the edges, and is held above the one divided leaf. Needs very well-drained soil, high in organic content, in light to medium shade. USDA Zones 6-9
Arisaema kishidae Zones 6-9 #029-005
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.
Arisaema kiushianum Zones 6-9 #029-013
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.
Arisaema maximowiczii Zones 5-9 #029-011
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 ringens Zones 5-9 #029-019
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 Zones 6-9 #029-006
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 Zones 5-9 #029-034
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 Zones 5-9 #029-018
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 sikokianum Patterned Leaves Zones 5-9 #029-035
This is a rare form of our most popular arisaema, and a star of the spring garden, this widespread Japanese/Chinese species is unsurpassed for "wow" impact. The startling white "golfball" spadix is displayed inside the purple spathe. In addition to the showy flowers, this form has green leaves splashed with silver for all summer foliage interest. Early to mid-season. Needs excellent drainage in rich woodsy soil in shade.
Arisaema tashiroi Zones 5-9 #029-010
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 Zones 6-9 #029-015
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 Zones 6-9 #029-012
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 Zones 5-9 #029-001
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 Zones 5-9 #029-002
Very similar overall to A. fhunbergii, but hardier, somewhat coarser in appearance, and often with broader leaflets. Easy and vigorous, good garden plant.
Arisaema yamatense Zones 5-9 #029-017
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.
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