Anyone growing Jack in the Pulpit?

[lesa]

Someone on Craigslist is selling transplants and I would love to add a few to my "woodland" garden. Any reason not to grow these? I see that the plant is poisonous to animals- but the animals are not out in that area. Anyone growing these, in conditions that are not "bog" like? Thanks for the help...

 

[Reinbeau]

Someone on Craigslist is selling transplants and I would love to add a few to my "woodland" garden. Any reason not to grow these? I see that the plant is poisonous to animals- but the animals are not out in that area. Anyone growing these, in conditions that are not "bog" like? Thanks for the help...

Go for it. They grow in the woods down behind me, and not all of them are in the wetlands. They do like dappled shade, though, do not try to grow them in the sun. Over on the farm I used to garden on they were growing wild down by one of the barns that edged up to the woods.

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

my parents have some growing under my old grape arbor. there's no swamp under that! just a lot of pine needles from one of the nearby pine trees and some shade from the over hanging grape!

 

[Stubbornhillfarm]

lesa, I had some at my previous house in Maine. Platned in what I called my "Forest Garden". Dappled sunlight only but not marshy or boggy by any stretch. Enjoy them! PS are they white or burgandy? Love them both!

 

[patandchickens]

My parents had a bunch in various places, transplanted from forest on my uncle's upstate property. The ones that did best were under a Styrax tree growing with violets and pink spring primroses, in considerable shade but not especially moist nor acidic soil (frankly it was pretty clayey and dense). They also put some under the birches (fairly sunny, damper and less-clayey soil) and under the huge oak tree (reasonably shady, pretty dry and clayey) but while those survived they did not spread the way the ones under the Styrax did.

The berries (presumably leaves too) are poisonous but, of course, only if EATEN, which is not a problem with wild animals and not with normal household pets either. The main reason they're on toxic plant lists IMO is that the bright red berries can be appealing to children or to thoughtless adults. I wouldn't worry about it at all, just don't eat 'em

I'd be cautious of someone selling transplants though as I'd want to be real sure they weren't wild-dug (too much raping and pillaging of woodland plants going on these days...)

Good luck, have fun,

Pat

 

[Carol Dee]

Try them. They seem to like where we planted ours. In the middle of a big old patch of tall ostrich fern. It is near the foundation of the house in soil that has not been ammended for ever. I think they must not be too fussy about suchthings. They tend to bloom before the fern gets so tall we can't find them. Have Fun.
This is what they look like today. Going to seed and only foliage showing in the fern bed.

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