Re: dracunculus hardiness

From: Rand Nicholson <writserv at nbnet.nb.ca> on 1997.10.23 at 04:14:50(1468) >I live in Bloomington, IN)? What other hardy aroids >besides arisaema can be grown as hardy perennials? The "Wolverine Rotted Meat Cadavour Maggot Leavings Plant" (as it is called by the locals here), could be a hardy winner. Otherwise known as the North American East Coast _Symplocarpus foetidus_, (so-called by fussy, obsessive, naming type people that live in countries where the plant occurs _not_ naturally.) ... it will nicely accent your spring garden with the scent of something freshly dug that should have been well left alone. It is also called "Skunk Cabbage," by layabouts, refering to its leafly habit, no doubt. It prefers a semi-bog to moist woodsy clearing habit, but will grow in acidic soil around conifers. It has an ... interesting ... inflorescence . I reccommend a close study of it in bloom, especially by neophytes, in order to appreciate the common attributes of this unusual northern terrestrial Aroid. 8-O Rand +More Rand Nicholson New Brunswick Maritime Canada, Z 5b

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