what is this?

[boxofdelights]

An arum, maybe? It's growing in a community garden plot in Seattle.

Comments

[kate_schaefer]

Jack-in-the-pulpit, and if you (or the gardener) don't want it to take over all available space, better rip out at least one more than wanted as soon as the attractive red berries start getting soft. It reproduces both by seed and by bulb offshoot.

I kinda like them, but I have far more of them in my yard than I want, thanks to not realizing right away that they're an attractive thug. I should have realized that any plant that just volunteers is a thug.

[boxofdelights]

Very true! Thanks, I have passed your ID and your warning on to the gardener.