10 Yellow SWAMP LANTERN Moist Lysichiton Americanus Skunk Cabbage Flower Seeds

DESCRIPTION: NAME: Swamp Lantern OTHER COMMON NAMES: Skunk Cabbage / Yellow Skunk Cabbage / Western Skunk Cabbage SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lysichiton Americanus syn. Lysichitum Americanum COLOR: Bright Yellow PLANT SEEDS: Fall sow seeds or cold stratify BLOOM TIME: March - April HARDINESS ZONE: 4 - 7 PLANT HEIGHT: 18 - 24" PLANT SPACING: 36 - 48" LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Moist - Boggy QUANTITY: 10 Seeds OTHER: The Swamp Lantern is native to the Pacific Northwest region of The US & Canada. It has won a Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. The huge bright yellow “ flowers” are actually the spathe & spadix (like a calla lily). With a very early bloom time, the Swamp Lantern flowers before its leaves open. It gets the nickname skunk cabbage because of the “distinctive” (aka skunky) odor the flowers emit to attract pollinators. The leaves of the plant can measure up to 1 - 2' long, & were used by Native American Indians for carry