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Growing => Gardens => Topic started by: Izzy on December 28, 2018, 07:21:28 am

Title: Can anyone give me the name of this plant?......common or Latin either will do!
Post by: Izzy on December 28, 2018, 07:21:28 am

Growing in December in London

Title: Re: Can anyone give me the name of this plant?......common or Latin either will do!
Post by: chrismahon on December 28, 2018, 10:55:27 am

Looks like lords-and-ladies Izzy- seems there are an awful lot of names for the same plant. Ours are coming up now- the red berries on a stalk arrive much later usually. The leaves here are variegated rather than plain, but photos I've seen show plain leaves as yours. Perhaps its early arrival is due to the unseasonably warm weather?

Title: Re: Can anyone give me the name of this plant?......common or Latin either will do!
Post by: Izzy on December 28, 2018, 01:57:20 pm

Thank you Chris for your help. From other pix from t’interweb that seems right. Embarrassingly I recognise the fruits from a lane near my home in Scotland.

Title: Re: Can anyone give me the name of this plant?......common or Latin either will do!
Post by: bj_cardiff on December 28, 2018, 07:06:09 pm

It looks like Arum Lilly to me, I have loads growing in a sheltered spot at the moment too.

Google Arum Lilly Leaves

Title: Re: Can anyone give me the name of this plant?......common or Latin either will do!
Post by: Dookie on January 01, 2019, 06:08:12 pm

Could be Lords & Ladies, or Arum Lily... not sure if either/both are poisonous, but I think so...