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can someone help me with what this is please
Hi, a few years ago I typed in 'large unusual garden plant' I was sent 4 (bulbs) they were the size of a tin of beans very heavy, I planted them and some years I get 6 plants other years its 4. the grown to 1m tall they have a purple and green snake looking skin stem, they always produce just 3 leaves and have a green looking fruit at the bottom resembling a small bunch of grapes which drops off a after a couple of weeks, I do an open garden every year, and no one knows what they are, and always ask me what it is, I have taken photo's to garden centres etc and no on
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It seems to be some kind of Arisaema, but there are many species so it is not easy to say exactly which one you have.
Can you give us any more detail? Does it flower and when? Is there a scent? Do you have any photos of the berries? How many clumps of berries? Are they below the leaves or at the bottom of the plant?
agree with Alan, arisaema or similar aroid.
A photo of the flowers and stem might narrow it down a bit. What are the berries at the bottom of? the leaves or the stem. Do they dangle like a bunch of grapes or is it an upright spike. What is the flower like?
Have a look at Arisaema speciosum, see if it's anything like that. Lots of them have the snakey stem
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