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.
Because most Arisaema shipped in the fall and winter are unpotted tubers, we have reduced their shipping/handling costs. Each dormant unpotted Arisaema tuber shipped in the fall or winter now counts as a little over a 1/4 of a plant unit. If you are only ordering dormant Arisaema tubers in the fall or winter, the base shipping and handling charge (plus a few extra cents) includes the shipment of 8 unpotted tubers so be sure to try several! Please note that Arisaema negishii is not included in this offer because it must remain potted.
Please note that while we may have a few unpotted Arisaema available for early Fall shipment, the bulk of the Arisaema corms will be shipped November through February once we receive them from our suppliers and as temperatures allow.
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 grown in 2.5", 3.5" and 5" pots depending on the species and size of the corm. 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 albumNorthern Indian species becoming endangered in the wild, about a foot to 15" tall. There is one leaf with 3 leaflets. The flower is mostly green with a large white blotch in the center. The spathe hood is more or less upright, as in A. tashiroi. USDA...
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Arisaema candidissimumChinese species with pink-striped or pure white flowers & big glossy leaves. It is very late blooming, usually late June to July. Offsets freely. Easy in rich well-drained soil in shade. Emerges very late (May to July). USDA Zones 5-9. 3.5" pot.
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Arisaema concinnumUnusual Himalayan species that has a stoloniferous rhizome-rootstock, spreading to make clumps of plants as it becomes established. Each plant has an umbrella leaf to about 3' tall, with extended "drip tips" on the ends of the leaflets. The flower is...
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Arisaema consanguineumWidespread, vigorous Chinese species to 5' tall. It has a green inflorescence with a long whip extension. The umbrella leaves have very distinctive long drip tips. Easy in well-drained, humus-rich soil. USDA Zones 5-9. 3.5" pot.
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Arisaema ehimenseTall, stately species to 5' 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. USDA Zones 5-9. 3.5" pot.
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Arisaema fargesiiChinese 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. 3.5" pot.
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Arisaema galeatumHimalayan species (3') with one leaf with 3 leaflets. Unusual fist-like flower like the head of a cobra. Green flower with thin white stripes. Spadix or "jack" has a long thread-like extension hanging down the front of the flower. USDA Zones 6b-9. 3....
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Arisaema griffithiiThis is surely one of the strangest flowers on the planet. The broad spathe (the "pulpit") is scrolled under itself to produce a structure that has been termed "reptilian"; it could easily be used as a prop in a low-budget thriller featuring aliens o...
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Arisaema griffithii var. pradhaniSomeday they will make a horror movie starring this flower. The broad spathe (the "pulpit") is scrolled under itself to produce a structure that has been termed "reptilian"; keep small pets away from this cobra-morph. The leaves are 3-parted. This sp...
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Arisaema heterophyllumTall, vigorous East Asian species, called "dancing crane" in Japanese. One leaf with many leaflets & a green flower held above the leaf. Late bloomer. Needs rich, well-drained soil in light to medium shade. Easy. USDA Zones 5-9. 3.5" pot.
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Arisaema intermediumWestern Himalayan species (1-2' tall), with one or two leaves with three leaflets. Unusual velvety textured leaves. Green & white flower with long (more than 3'), thread-like extension on the spadix (the "jack"). Late spring bloom. USDA Zones 7 -10. ...
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Arisaema iyoanum subsp. nakaianumOne of the rarest and most dramatic of the Japanese arisaemas, native to Shikoku Island, rarely offered for sale. The swooping purple striped spathe is dramatically rolled at the edges, and is held above the one divided leaf. Needs very well-drained ...
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Arisaema jacquemontiiVery widespread Indian/Chinese species, about 1-2' 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. USDA Zone...
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Arisaema kishidaeStocky species from Japan in the A. serratum group. Unique rusty-colored flowers, two leaves with several leaflets. Early bloom. Easy. USDA Zones 5-9.
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Arisaema kiushianumCharming 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.
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Arisaema maximowicziiElegant 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...
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Arisaema mayebaraeBlack is beautiful. This rare but easily grown jack-in-the-pulpit from Japan is one of the world's most striking black flowers. The entire "pulpit" or spathe is a deep black-purple that does not fade. The stately plant grows to nearly 3' tall, flower...
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Arisaema propinquumBeautiful 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...
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Arisaema ringensCommon 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...
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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...
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Arisaema sazensooOften 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...
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Arisaema serratum, patterned leavesRare 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. The flower is similar to our native A. triphyllum, usually green, sometimes purple. Needs well-drained ...
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Arisaema sikokianumOur 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...
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Arisaema sikokianum, patterned leavesThis is a rare form of 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. In addition to the showy...
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Arisaema speciosumWidespread Himalayan and Chinese species, variable, to about 3' 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 the s...
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Arisaema speciosum 'Himalayan Giant'We received this magnificent arisaema as A. speciosum var. magnificum, but it is a 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 in lat...
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Arisaema speciosum var. mirabileDistinctive and very rare variety of the widespread and variable species A. speciosum hails from high altitude regions of NE India. Unlike the familiar form of A. speciosum, the flowers bloom later, in summer. The purple striped spathe blooms on a sh...
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Arisaema tashiroiThis rare species ia an aristocrat among the Japanese arisaemas, seldom offered, and one our personal favorites. Stately, vigorous plant grows to over 3' tall, with the flower held high above the leaves. The inside of the spathe is white and seems to...
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Arisaema ternatipartitumThis is a diminutive, very rare Japanese species with 3-parted leaves and "ears" on the brownish spathe. It sends out short underground stems that produce new corms, making a nice colony of plants. It is only about 5" tall, so it is a choice trough o...
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Arisaema thunbergiiFrom the southern islands of Japan, this has much-divided glossy leaves and a very long, black whip-like spadix snaking out from the purple-brown spathe. Dramatic and always popular. Early mid-season. Needs rich well-drained soil in shade. USDA Zones...
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Arisaema tortuosumTough Himalayan and Chinese species to at least 3', 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 becoming paler ...
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Arisaema tosaenseTall, 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.
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Arisaema urashimaSimilar in appearance to A. thunbergii, but hardier, often with broader leaflets. The very long black whip-like spadix snakes out from the purple-brown spathe. Offsets freely. Easy and vigorous. USDA Zones 5-9.
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Arisaema utileBeautiful Himalayan species unlike any other Arisaema species. The plant is 2 to 3' tall, with 3-parted leaves; the leaflets have deeply impressed veins. The reddish brown flower is broadly winged, with "the shining silky aspect like the wings of a b...
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Arisaema yamatenseStriking 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.
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