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17-03-2006, 10:13 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 17/3/06 0:00, in article , "ned"
wrote:

Sacha wrote:
On 16/3/06 20:13, in article , "ned"
wrote:
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No, no, not Arum lily. Cuckoo pint. Arum lily is Zantedeschia
aethopica.
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Yep. Got me! Strike Arum lily. Apologies for my faux pas. ......

No problem. It's confusing when things 'share' names, even if incorrectly.

But, I did in fact mean that I didn't think it looked like Arum
maculatum (Lords and Ladies / Cuckoo pint) because that tends to have
10 - 20 cm long arrow shaped leaves, held upright, at this time of
year. The arrow in the OPs picture is pointing (left back) at what
appears to have cordate heart shaped leaves, parallel with the ground,
of a size more apropriate to Lesser celandine ......... IMHO. :-)

I see what you mean - could be. But I still think it's probably cuckoo pint
which hasn't stood upright yet! Doesn't it look rather too large for
celandine? And it's one of the things I'd expect someone would recognise
anyway. Perhaps the OP can come back a bit later and tell us what it turns
into!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
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