Arisaema (Jack-in-the-pulpit)

Asian Jack-in-the-pulpits continue to increase in popularity. The "flowers" (inflorescences) consist of a club-shaped or whip-like appendage (the spadix) inside a hooded tube (the spathe). These are, respectively, the "jack" and the "pulpit". They are variously beautiful or bizarre, but they always elicit comment in the garden. Tall species are great "pop-up" plants among shade perennials such as hostas and ferns. Shorter species are good rock garden plants, or they may be used as specimens or massed in the shade garden. All can produce showy red or orange heads of fruit in late summer to fall.

We are once again offering $5 off the regular shipping & handling charges if your order includes ONLY unpotted Fall/Winter priced Arisaema. The cart will automatically reduce the shipping charge so be sure to take advantage of the reduced shipping & handling rates for unpotted Arisaemas. The base shipping & handling charge includes the shipment of up to 8 Arisaemas so be sure to try several! Please note that Arisaema negishii is not included in this offer because it must remain potted.

We sell blooming size 4 to 7 year old corms. Unpotted tubers are typically shipped in late fall through late winter and can be planted upon receipt as long as the ground is not frozen or stored in the refrigerator. Spring shipments are potted plants. Please click link below for more details.

For more information about growing Arisaema as well as how to care for unpotted tubers, click here.

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Arisaema barnesii NEW!

Arisaema barnesii NEW!

Indian species from the hills of Tamil Nadu, India, and Sri Lanka, to about 2 feet tall, with red-purple mottled stems. There is one leaf with 5 to 9 leaflets. The flower is a long and narrow green and white striped tube with a spathe hood extending ...
SKU: #7103 Spring Price - potted plant  (1 ) $20.00

Arisaema consanguineum

Arisaema consanguineum

This is a widespread, vigorous Chinese species to 6' tall. It has a green inflorescence with a long whip extension. The umbrella leaves have vey distinctive drip tips. Easy in well-drained, humus-rich soil. USDA Zones 5-9. Fall/Winter shipments ar...
SKU: #7061 Spring Price - potted plant  (1 ) $20.00

Arisaema ehimense

Arisaema ehimense

Tall, stately species to 5 feet recently found on the island of Shikoku, Japan. The spadix is often dark purple, contrasting with the green spathe. Attractive foliage, midseason bloom. Very rare, but easy to grow. Some believe this to be a natural hy...
SKU: #7052 Spring Price - potted plant  (1 ) $30.00

Arisaema engleri

Arisaema engleri

This is a close Chinese relative of the Japanese species A. sikokianum. The spathe is striped dark purple, and the spadix is not rounded. Easy in humus-rich well-drained soil. Rare in cultivation. USDA Zones 6-9. Fall/Winter shipments are unpotte...
SKU: #7055 Spring price - potted plant  (1 ) $24.00

Arisaema fargesii

Arisaema fargesii

Chinese species with very large glossy 3-parted leaves and purple-striped flowers that look like a cobra's head. Worth growing for its big glossy leaves. Late-blooming, easy. USDA Zones 5-9. Fall/Winter shipments are unpotted tubers - Counts as 1...
SKU: #7056 Spring price - potted plant  (1 ) $18.00

Arisaema galeatum NEW!

Arisaema galeatum NEW!

A tall Himalayan species to over 3 feet, the leaf with 3 leaflets. The flower is very unusual, fist-like or like the head of a cobra (the species name means helmet). Flower color is green with thin white stripes. The spadix or "jack" has a long threa...
SKU: #7107 Spring Price - potted plant  (1 ) $20.00

Arisaema heterophyllum

Arisaema heterophyllum

Tall, vigorous species from East Asia, called "dancing crane" in Japanese, which it resembles in bloom. There is one leaf with many leaflets, and a green flower held above the leaf. Late bloomer. Needs rich, well-drained soil in light to medium sha...
SKU: #7059 Spring price - potted plant  (1 ) $18.00

Arisaema intermedium NEW!

Arisaema intermedium NEW!

Species from the western Himalaya one to two feet tall, with one or two leaves with three leaflets. The leaves are unusual for their velvety texture. The flower is green and white. The most remarkable feature of the flower is the long, thread-like ex...
SKU: #7111 Spring Price - potted plant  (1 ) $17.00

Arisaema iyoanum subsp. iyoanum

Arisaema iyoanum subsp. iyoanum

Very rare species from the mountains of Shikoku, Japan. The flower is unusually dramatic, with a long swooping hood, held above the one much divided leaf. Needs humus-rich, very well-drained soil in light to medium shade. USDA Zones 6-9. Fall/Wint...
SKU: #7060 Spring price - potted plant  (1 ) $30.00

Arisaema jacquemontii NEW!

Arisaema jacquemontii NEW!

Very widespread Indian/Chinese species, about 1 to 2 feet tall, with 1 or 2 leaves with purple stems and 5 to 7 leaflets. The flower is green with white stripes with a curved purple "jack". It blooms in summer and emerges late in the season. Easy. US...
SKU: #7113 Spring Price - potted plant  (1 ) $18.00

Arisaema kishidae, patterned leaves

Arisaema kishidae, patterned leaves

A mid-season species of arisaema from Japan, with unusual rusty red/brown flowers held above the leaves. The leaves are green splashed with silver, offering all-summer interest in the shade garden. Very rare. USDA Zones 5-9. Fall/Winter shipment...
SKU: #7063 Spring price - potted plant  (1 ) $23.00

Arisaema kiushianum

Arisaema kiushianum

Charming Japanese & Chinese species with a single leaf with 7-13 leaflets. The flower is near the ground, dark purple, with a tail-like spadix. "Like a mouse doing the rumba" says Maggie Wyche. USDA Zones 6-9. Fall shipments are unpotted tubers - Cou...
SKU: #7064 Spring price - potted plant  (1 ) $22.00

Arisaema maximowiczii

Arisaema maximowiczii

Elegant and very rare Japanese species from the mountains of Kyushu. The tall stem bears 1 leaf with about 10 leaflets. The flowers are striped green or purple with white inside, with a threadlike extension on the spathe. Mid season to late, excellen...
SKU: #7066 Spring price - potted plant  (1 ) $26.00

Arisaema negishii

Arisaema negishii

Husky species from the southern islands of Japan. Spathe tube is white with green above; the long reddish spadix looks like a snake's tongue. This is the first arisaema to come up here, but resists frost into the 20s without damage. Very permanent in...
SKU: #7068 Spring price - potted plant  (1 ) $20.00

Arisaema nepenthoides NEW!

Arisaema nepenthoides NEW!

This tender Arisaema is found in northern India and the Himalayas. It is interesting for the often elaborate "ears" on the flower. The plant is one to two feet tall, with one leaf with several leaflets. The flower can be orangish red, rusty red, deep...
SKU: #7115 Spring Price - potted plant  (1 ) $17.00

Arisaema propinquum NEW!

Arisaema propinquum NEW!

Beautiful HImalayan species growing at high altitude, blooming in late spring to early summer. Each leaf has 3 leaflets, each leaflet with deeply impressed veins. The flowers are deep purple with white stripes; the hood of the spathe swoops down with...
SKU: #7344 Spring price - potted plant  (1 ) $27.00

Arisaema ringens

Arisaema ringens

Common East Asian species with great vigor; offsets freely, and gets better and better as the years go by. Handsome 3-parted, very glossy foliage is beautiful all summer. The green and purple fist-shaped flowers always attract comment. Easy and popul...
SKU: #7069 Spring price - potted plant  (1 ) $18.00

Arisaema ringens (gigantic corms)

Arisaema ringens (gigantic corms)

If size matters to you, these oversized corms are for you. The photo shows the corms compared to a quarter. This is a common East Asian species with great vigor; offsets freely, and gets better and better as the years go by. Handsome 3-parted, very g...
SKU: #7070 Spring price - potted plant  (1 ) $32.00

Arisaema sazensoo

Arisaema sazensoo

Often wrongly listed as a synonym of A. sikokianum, this blooms later, lacks the bulbous spadix; and the hood of the spathe droops down over the tube of the spathe. Name derives from "zazen", Japanese Buddhist meditation, as the flower recalls a monk...
SKU: #7073 Spring price - potted plant  (1 ) $20.00

Arisaema serratum

Arisaema serratum

Tall, vigorous wide-spread Asian species with green or purplish- brown striped flowers held above two leaves with many leaflets. Sometimes more than 3' tall. Dependable, stately garden plant. Early to mid-season bloomer. USDA Zones 5-9. Fall/Wint...
SKU: #7074 Spring price - potted plant  (1 ) $14.00

Arisaema serratum, patterned leaves

Arisaema serratum, patterned leaves

Rare and beautiful variant of a common Japanese species, this one with a splash of silver on each of the leaflets for all-summer ornamental value. Needs well-drained soil in shade. USDA Zones 5-9. Fall/Winter shipments are unpotted tubers - Cou...
SKU: #7076 Spring price - potted plant  (1 ) $24.00

Arisaema sikokianum

Arisaema sikokianum

Our most popular arisaema, and a star of the spring garden, this widespread Japanese species is unsurpassed for "wow" impact. The startling white "golfball" spadix is displayed inside the purple spathe. Early to mid-season. Needs excellent drainage i...
SKU: #7077 Spring price - potted plant  (1 ) $26.00

Arisaema speciosum 'Himalayan Giant' NEW!

Arisaema speciosum 'Himalayan Giant' NEW!

We received this magnificent arisaema as A. speciosum var. magnificum, but it is a giant form of A. speciosum. The cultivar name was given by Tony Avent. It is a gigantic form to almost 3' tall. The green leaves are edged red, and the purple flowers ...
SKU: #7334 Spring price - potted plant  (1 ) $20.00

Arisaema speciosum NEW!

Arisaema speciosum NEW!

Widespread Himalayan and Chinese species, variable, to about 3 feet tall. There is one leaf with three leaflets; the leaflets often have a thin pink edge. The flower blooms in spring, purple outside and purple striped with white inside. The hood of t...
SKU: #7117 Spring Price - potted plant  (1 ) $20.00

Arisaema speciosum var. mirabile NEW!

Arisaema speciosum var. mirabile NEW!

Distinctive and very rare variety of the widespread and variable species A. speciosum hails from high altitude regions of Ne India. Unike the familiar form of A. speciosum, the flowers bloom later, in summer. The purple striped spathe blooms on a sho...
SKU: #7346 Spring price - potted plant  (1 ) $25.00

Arisaema tortuosum NEW!

Arisaema tortuosum NEW!

Tough Himalayan and Chinese species to at least 3 feet tall, with a stem with a dark snakeskin pattern. There are two leaves with many leaflets arranged on a curved structure called a rachis. The flowers bloom above the foliage. They are green becomi...
SKU: #7119 Spring Price - potted plant  (1 ) $18.00

Arisaema tosaense

Arisaema tosaense

Tall, vigorous species from Shikoku Island, Japan. Green spathe has a long-extended tip and droops way down over the face of the tube. Translucent spathe is especially beautiful when back-lit. Easy garden plant. Late spring bloom. USDA Zones 6-9. ...
SKU: #7083 Spring price - potted plant  (1 ) $16.00

Arisaema urashima

Arisaema urashima

Similar in appearance to A. thunbergii, but hardier, often with broader leaflets. Offsets freely. Easy and vigorous. USDA Zones 5-9. Fall/Winter shipments are unpotted tubers - Counts as 1/4 of a plant unit for shipping calculation. Please note t...
SKU: #7084 Spring price - potted plant  (1 ) $20.00

Arisaema yamatense

Arisaema yamatense

Striking species from central Japan to 3' tall. The stem is boldly mottled in a snakeskin pattern. The flower is pale green with white stripes, with an erect hood, white inside. Early to mid-season. USDA Zones 5-9. Fall/Winter shipments are unpot...
SKU: #7085 Spring price - potted plant  (1 ) $20.00
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