An inkling of spring.....

We haven't had a hard winter here, just the one frost so far, but I'll still be glad when the days begin to lengthen out a bit more and I get to see a bit more sun. Today I noticed one of my Zantedeschias had decided the same thing. Online sources suggest this should flower from May to June, this chap may be a little premature.....

The giant white arum, Zantedeschia aethiopica, is native to southern Africa in Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland. I've always thought they looked beautiful but a watergardening aunt of mine called them "death lilies" and insisted she would never grow such a bad omen. My own parents weren't keen either but this was one of the first plants I put in my own first garden.