Aroids are exotic plants that vary in size, shape and texture from the impressive elephant ears (Alocasia, Colocasia, Remusatia) to the diminutive Mouse Plant (Arisarum).
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Acorus gramineus 'Ogon'
Item #: 369
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China, Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Alocasia 'Architexture'
Item #: 14782
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 72" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L) ?
Alocasia cucullata
Item #: 4795
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Burma/Myanmar, India
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Alocasia cucullata 'Yellow Tail'
Item #: 7588
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Burma/Myanmar, India
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Alocasia macrorrhizos
Item #: 1160
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 72" tall
Culture: Sun to Light Shade
Origin: India
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Alocasia macrorrhizos 'Shock Treatment'
Item #: 7121
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Vietnam
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Alocasia 'Portodora'
Next crop available: 03/31/2019
Item #: 3654
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 96" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L) ?
Amorphophallus henryi 'O'Henry'
Item #: 6711
Zones: 7b to 9b
Dormancy: Winter, Spring
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Taiwan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Amorphophallus konjac
Item #: 783
Zones: 6a to 10b
Dormancy: Winter, Spring
Height: 60" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China, Japan
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Amorphophallus titanum
Item #: 1775
Zones: Tropical
Dormancy: Winter, Spring
Height: 180" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Indonesia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Arisaema concinnum
Item #: 3016
Zones: 6a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Arisaema consanguineum
Item #: 2524
Zones: 5a to 8b, possibly colder
Dormancy: Winter, Spring
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Arisaema costatum
Item #: 6171
Zones: 6a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 40" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Nepal
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Arisaema x fargophyllum 'Crossing Over'
Item #: 4094
Zones: 5a to 8b, guessing
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Arisaema griffithii var. pradhanii
Item #: 6172
Zones: 5a to 7a
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Sikkim region of India
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Arisaema heterophyllum
Item #: 1407
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: China, Japan
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Arisaema kiushianum
Item #: 2268
Zones: 6b to 8b
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Arisaema muratae
Item #: 3605
Zones: 6a to 8b, possibly colder
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Arisaema ringens
Item #: 2531
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China, Japan, Korea
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Arisaema sazensoo
Item #: 2269
Zones: 6b to 9b
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Arisaema serratum var. mayebarae
Item #: 7571
Zones: 5b to 8b
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Arisaema sikokianum
Item #: 1850
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Arisaema sikokianum Silver Center
Item #: 2528
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Arisaema speciosum 'Himalayan Giant'
Item #: 7474
Zones: 7a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: India
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Arisaema thunbergii ssp. urashima
Next crop available: 04/15/2019
Item #: 2663
Zones: 5a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Arum italicum 'Marmoratum'
Next crop available: 03/24/2019
Item #: 765
Zones: 4a to 9b
Dormancy: Summer
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia esculenta 'Aloha' PP 29,692
Item #: 12989
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Eastern Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia esculenta 'Black Coral' PP 23,896
Item #: 9580
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 42" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Eastern Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia esculenta 'Black Ripple' PP 26,151
Item #: 13716
Zones: 8a to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Eastern Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia esculenta 'Black Runner'
Item #: 4867
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 60" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Eastern Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia esculenta 'Blue Hawaii' PP 20,003
Item #: 8042
Zones: 7b to 10b, guessing
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Eastern Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia esculenta 'Coal Miner'
Item #: 6901
Zones: 7a to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 54" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Eastern Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia esculenta 'Elepaio'
Item #: 5370
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Eastern Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia esculenta 'Hawaiian Punch' PP 24,596
Item #: 2469
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Eastern Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia esculenta 'Jack's Giant'
Item #: 7400
Zones: 7a to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 84" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Eastern Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia esculenta 'Lemonade'
Item #: 8067
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 84" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Eastern Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia esculenta 'Lemon-Lime Gecko'
Item #: 4915
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 54" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Eastern Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia esculenta 'Maui Gold' PP 24,482
Item #: 2032
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Eastern Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia esculenta 'Mojito' PP 21,995
Item #: 8545
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Eastern Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia esculenta 'Morning Dew' PP 26,865
Item #: 3749
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Eastern Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia esculenta 'Tropical Storm' PP 28,567
Item #: 11746
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Eastern Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia esculenta 'White Lava' PP 24,481
Item #: 2867
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Eastern Asia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia fallax
Item #: 2600
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: China, Thailand, Vietnam
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia heterochroma 'Dark Shadows'
Item #: 6124
Zones: 8a to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 8" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia (Leucocasia) gigantea 'Laosy Giant'
Next crop available: 04/28/2019
Item #: 9884
Zones: 8a to 11
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 108" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Laos
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia (Leucocasia) gigantea 'Thailand Giant'
Item #: 5896
Zones: 8a to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 108" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Thailand
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia 'Smiley Face'
Item #: 13510
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China, Vietnam
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia (xLeucocolocasia) 'Noble Gigante' PP 25,219
Item #: 4910
Zones: 8a to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 60" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Colocasia (xLeucocolocasia) 'Imperial Gigante' PP 26,152
Item #: 12725
Zones: 8a to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Dracunculus vulgaris
Item #: 2821
Zones: 5b to 8b
Dormancy: Summer, Fall
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Mediterranean Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Helicodiceros muscivorus
Item #: 8667
Zones: 6a to 10b, possibly colder
Dormancy: Summer, Fall
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Mediterranean Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Remusatia pumila 'Mini Mask'
Item #: 5186
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter, Spring
Height: 14" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: China, India
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Sauromatum venosum
Item #: 1315
Zones: 6a to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: India
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Synandrospadix vermitoxicus 'Salta and Peppa'
Item #: 12194
Zones: 8a to 9b, possibly colder
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 22" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Argentina
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Zantedeschia aethiopica 'African Gold'
Item #: 13443
Zones: 8b to 10b, guessing
Dormancy: Summer, Fall
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: South Africa
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Zantedeschia aethiopica 'Swartberg Giant'
Item #: 9192
Zones: 7b to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Summer, Fall
Height: 54" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: South Africa
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Zantedeschia aethiopica 'White Giant'
Item #: 3695
Zones: 7a to 10b
Dormancy: Summer, Fall
Height: 72" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: South Africa
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
More Information About Aroids
Colocasia (elephant ears), Alocasia (upright elephant ear), Arisaema (jack in the pulpit, cobra lily), Amorphophallus (Voodoo Lily), Pinellia (false jack in the pulpit), Arum (arum lily), Sauromatum (voodoo lily), Remusatia (false elephant ear), Dracunculus (dragon arum lily), Arisarum (mouse plant), Biarum (half arum), Peltandra (arrow root).
If you are looking for unique plants, then you've come to the right place. The garden perennials known as Aroids are a group of very unique plants and are also some of the most popular perennial plants here at Plant Delights due to their unusual spathe and spadix flower. Aroids thrive in a variety of habitats...some prefer a sunny spot and others are woodland garden shade plants.
Aroids are exotic plants that vary in size , shape and texture from the impressive elephant ears (Alocasia, Colocasia, Remusatia) to the diminutive Mouse Plant (Arisarum) and green dragon (Pinellia). If you are looking a really unique and unusual perennial for your garden, try an aroid.
Members of the aroid family also include the voodoo lilies (Amorphophallus, Dracunculus, and Sauromatum), woodland plants whose anatomically incorrect flowers appear out of nowhere a month before their leaves in the spring. Some aroids are bizarre flowering perennials but many are prized just for their large, highly textural, deeply lobed, and sometimes variegated foliage. One of the most popular and widely known aroids is Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema) that preaches the gospel every spring. Plant Delights Nursery has one of the largest collections of aroids and other unique plants for sale in the country. We are continually adding new aroid specimens to our plant catalog so check back often.
Don't forget to read our in depth article on the aroid Arisaema.
Also, check out our article: How to Grow Amorphophallus titanum