Mouse Plant

I Saw A Mouse

I was recently doing an assessment of what was coming up in the garden when I spotted a large clump of beautiful fresh green leaves the shape of which I remembered as a tiny plant that Laura brought back once and we were convinced had died off. She called them mouses ears. On further investigation I parted the leaves and saw purple mice. I have researched this surprising plant, a new one to me, to find that it is called Arisarum Proboscideum and is commonly called Mousetail Plant, so she was close.

Apparently the Mousetail Plant grows on hardy rhizomes and has shiny evergreen leaves. It gets its name from the long tail on the purple flower which is shaped like a mouse. Originally from Europe the plant is now quite common in the UK.