September 22, 2025

This afternoon we have gone from summer into autumn. I adore living in an area that has four seasons, getting to experience each one’s splendors.

This is a picture of Jack-In-The-Pulpit berries (Arisaema triphyllum). They turn this brilliant shade of scarlet in early autumn.

Each of the berries generally contains one to five off-white seeds. The seeds that germinate the following spring create seedlings with just a single, round leaf. Those seedlings will need three years, or more, to become mature enough to produce a flower.

Jack-in-the-pulpit, a plant of spring, summer and autumn.

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