SYMPLOCARPUS FOETIDUS

Large purple-brown flowers in February melt the ice with generated heat. Large paddle leaves 1m. Bogs, slow. The true skunk cabbage. Plant in nutrient poor peaty soil. Featured in the 'Garden' Feb 1999. The more food and space it is given the larger it gets.

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