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Arisaema taiwanense

Also Known As

Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Taiwan Cobra Lily

Plant type

perennial, bulb / corm / tuber, aroid

size

H: 24"-36"
W: 15"-24"

planting zones

6a-9b

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Arisaema taiwanense plant details

Arisaema taiwanense is a broadleaf deciduous perennial aroid bulb / corm / tuber with green foliage. In spring and summer black, chocolate, purple and white flowers emerge. Grows well with mostly sun - shade and even moisture - regular water. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant, humidity tolerant and verticillium wilt resistant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Arisaema taiwanense

Plant type: perennial aroid bulb / corm / tuber
Plant family: araceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 15 IN - 24 IN - wide, 24 IN - 36 IN - tall
Flowers: black, chocolate, purple and white blooms in spring and summer
Uses: exotic, rare

GROWING CONDITIONS for Arisaema taiwanense

USDA Zones: 6a - 9b
Sun exposure: mostly sun - shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular
Resistant to: deer and rabbit, heat, humidity and verticillium wilt
Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

This 18” tall plant has deep green palm like leaves with long tips to the leaves. The flowers are hooded and are chocolate purple in spring. Seeds heavily with pretty red seeds in late summer.

By: Gossler Farms

Blooms: spring, dark red, long ship like hood/whorled foliage, striped pseudostem Zone 5-9. 3', Japan, part shade-shade, moist, well drained

By: Keeping it Green Nursery

One of the premier species in the genus with magnificent big leaves comprised of numerous broadly lanceolate leaflets radianting from a central axis and terminating in a fetching long drip tip. Brownish chocolate hooded flowers below the leaves are followed by red corncob fruit. From Taiwan.

By: Far Reaches Farm

Extremely rare in commerce but we have a good supply from seeds collected by intrepid friends. The lizard-mottled stems bursts out of the woodland ground in April followed by dazzling, cobra-lily black flowers and mind-boggling, deeply cut, acid-flashback leaves. Stunning at 30-36" tall. For shade to dappled shade in rich soil with average of summer water. Frost hardy in the ground in upper USDA zone 6, possibly lower.

By: Cistus Nursery

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Gardening facts about Arisaema taiwanense plant

How to Grow Arisaema taiwanense

Sun Exposure
- mostly sun - shade
Water Needs
- even moisture - regular
Soil Needs
- average
- well-drained
- rich
Special Situation
- heat tolerant
- humidity tolerant
- verticillium wilt resistant