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  • ZANTEDESCHIA aethiopica
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    ZANTEDESCHIA aethiopica

    Commonly known as Arum lily, Pig lily, Trumpet lily

    White flowers. Best grown in a damper boggy area
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    1.5 to 2 Litre   - Click to view photo - Early in the year, typically January til end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch
    Delivery Information
    Normally 3 - 5 days
    Collect only available from our nursery nr Redruth in Cornwall
    Ready in 3 - 5 days
    £13.50 each 
    MULTIBUY SAVING
    Any 3+ for £12.00 each
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    • Good to know
      Can be grown as an aquatic marginal in water to 30cm (12in) deep.
    • Pests & Diseases
      Aphids, thrips, fungal and bacterial rots and viruses.
    • Place of origin
      South Africa, Lesotho. Introduced into UK by Francis Masson (Kew) c. 1796
    • Evergreen
      In mild areas. Semi-erect, arrow-shaped, glossy, bright green leaves to 45cm (18in) long.
    • White
    • Bog garden
    • Fully hardy
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    • Height
      90cm (36in)
    • Spread
      90cm (36in)
    • Bulb/Corm or rhizomatous perennial
      Clump-forming rhizomatous perennial. Produces a succession of spathes to 25cm (10in) long with creamy yellow spadices
    • Herbaceous
      Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.
    • Hardy - average winter
      Hardy through most of the UK apart from inland valleys, at altitude and central/northerly locations. May suffer foliage damage and stem dieback in harsh winters in cold gardens. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -10°C (14°F)
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    • Summer Seasonal Interest
    • Fertile moist well-drained soil
      Humus-rich. Protect with deep winter mulch.
    • Wet or boggy soil
    • Full sun
    • harmful if eaten
      People and pets, i.e. cats, dogs, rabbits, rodents
    • skin & eye irritant
      People and pets, i.e. cats, dogs, rabbits, rodents
    • Mature Size
      90cm (36in)
      bulb/corm - guide for size not form Watering Can
        90cm (36in)
       
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    Varieties

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    £13.50
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    1.5 to 2 Litre
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    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Improves vegetable, fruit and flower quality. Blood, Fish and Bone contains three major nutrients essential for strong and healthy growth.
    1.5 kg
    £6.50
    Vermin & Pest Control
    Slug killer blue mini pellets are easy to use and give effective control of slugs and snails. Ideal in garden, conservatory or greenhouse.
    800g
    £6.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
    0.9 kg
    £6.00
    Unavailable
    2.5 kg
    £13.00
    4.5 kg
    £25.00
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