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--Henry Fieldseth
Minneapolis, MInnesota=

How hardy is 'Polly Spout?'=0A=0A--Henry Fieldseth=0AMinneapolis, M=Innesota=
, USA, zone 4=0A=0A=0A--- On Mon, 5/10/10, jimmcclem <jimmcclem at AOL=.COM> wr=
ote:=0A=0AFrom: jimmcclem <jimmcclem at AOL.COM>=0ASubject: Pinellias==0ATo: AR=
ISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL=0ADate: Monday, May 10, 2010, 3:35 PM=0A=0A==0AOn Ma=
y 10, 2010, at 1:29:36 PM, "Erick Adams" <rogthegoat at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:==0A=
I was warned many years=A0ago not to grow Pinellia=A0because of their=weedi=
ness=0AThe only one I have is the sterile 'Poly Spout', and it doesn't =have=
that nutlet,=0Aor at least not that I've seen...hence the ID request. =I su=
ppose it deserves=0Aa name before I extirpate it.=0A=A0=0A-erick==A0"Polly S=
pout' is an artificially produced hybrid of P. pedatisecta & P. tripartit=a =
atropurpurea =A0(created by Dick Weaver of WeDu Nursery). It's sterile,=pro=
ducing neither seed nor bulbils, and is a great garden plant, clumping up=a=
nd having characteristics of both parents.=0A=0AMost Pinellia tend to=be qu=
ite weedy, especially the ones that make the bulbils. P. ternata is parti=cu=
larly obnoxious. It's name is often preceded by "the dreaded"!=0AFor th=ose =
who don't know, the easiest way for me to tell a Pinellia from an Arisaem=a =
is that in the former the back of the spadix is fused to the spathe.=0A==0AP=
. cordata makes bulbils, but its variegated form is so attractive that it='s=
worth a spot in the garden.=0AJim=0A=0A--=0AJim McClements50 S. =Prestwick =
Ct.Dover, DE 19904, USAZone 7a302-734-2836=============
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