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diggitBenjidiggitBenji Posts: 25
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hello lovely plant people. This came from my brothers garden.. Can anyone tell me what it is please? 

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    It looks like an Arum - Cuckoo pint
    Pretty, but incredibly invasive. I've been trying to get rid of it for more than 10 years. The tiny bulblets can go down best part of 2ft! and very difficult to dig out

    Billericay - Essex

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited December 2020
    That looks like the cultivated/ornamental form ... Arum italicum 

    https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/arum-italicum-subsp-italicum-marmoratum/

    It can ‘make itself at home’ but is not as invasive as the wild form in my experience. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    Agree with @Dovefromabove . Arum italicum is not so invasive and the leaves are quite spectacular and tend to be larger than the wild one.
  • diggitBenjidiggitBenji Posts: 25
    Im wondering wether it might do nicely indoors in a pot...since the leaves are really rather nice as you say! Any thoughts as a house plant? 
  • rachelQrtJHBjbrachelQrtJHBjb Posts: 819
    I don't think it's really going  to be suitable as a houseplant. It would prefer the seasons an outdoor setting would afford it. If it comes indoors I doubt it would be happy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It’ll hate being indoors. 

    If you want to grow something indoors, with similar shaped variegated leaves,  have a look at the variegated Calla lily. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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