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Lords and Ladies -arum maculatum– is a very useful plant for growing on sites that have deep or semi shade such as hedgerow bottoms or woodlands. Plants require rich, damp soils to establish successfully. Lords and Ladies has unusual shiny green leaves and brown flowers that emerge in April and May and are low growing These are followed by a stem of bright red berries later in the season that provide food for birds. It is worth noting that this is a particularly toxic plant to humans and should always be handled with care. Alternative names for Lords and Ladies include Cuckoo Pint, Red hot poker, and Ram’s horn.

How to grow Lords and Ladies Seeds
Lords and Ladies seeds should be sown in autumn, outside, where they are to flower, and covered with soil.

To buy Lords and Ladies seeds
To purchase Lords and Ladies seeds, please select a quantity above and click add to cart. To ensure the best chance of success, we sell all of our wildflower seeds by weight, which ensures each wildflower seed packet contains a good quantity of seeds. The recommended sowing rate is 1 gram per square metre, and the number of Lords and Ladies seeds per gram is approx. 20. All of our Wildflower seed packets contain seeds of Native British provenance.


Summary
type - perennial,
colour - Brown,
height - 0 to 25cms,
flowers April, May,
habitat - Deep Shade (Dense Woodland), Semi-Shade (Orchards, Hedgerow, Banks, Open Woodland),
attracts birds
VERY TOXIC