"Jeff" wrote in message
FarmI wrote:

I was always fond of jack in the pulpit, which grew in the valley.

I don't know 'Jack in the Pulpit'. Can you tell me what its botanical
name is please?

Arisaema triphyllum

http://www.americanmeadows.com/Peren...riphyllum.aspx

That's a gorgeous plant! But that description of "common in rich woodland"
rather rules it out unless I move to a place with better soil and a higher
rainfall :-(((