Arum palaestinum Fragrant Flowers The foliage emerges in spring

The foliage emerges in spring with dramatic dark purple spotting

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Salvia darcyi makes a huge 4' tall x 7' wide clump of heart-shaped

then changes over to cream

In our garden

Arum palaestinum Fragrant Flowers The foliage emerges in springArum 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