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help identifying this plant please .
Samie Cain
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hi, i have had my garden for almost 4 years this plant pictured has been there all this time but this year has gone crazy , it must be due to the rotted manure i put on the roses next to it last year !!! but it wonderful for a short time then almost disappears , someone suggested it may be a skunk cabbage but i cant a similur one pictured ! the roses next to it are very old original to my victorian house i have been told ! The garden was in a state when i bought the house and have tried to keep the bones as much as possible, but this plant has me straching my head !!!
many thanks
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British wild flower, Arum maculatum known as Lords and ladies. The central bit develops into a spike of red berries.
Oh thank you so much Figetbones !
My pleasure. I have a good crop this year, creeping in from the old orchard next door.
do however be careful if there are kiddiwinkles about - those beautiful red berries are poisonous.
Careful with pets too.