Pinellia tripartita - is it a weed?

From: "Nick Miller" <millern at wave.co.nz> on 1997.10.23 at 21:31:41(1476) I recently purchased a plant of Pinellia tripartita, a charming little aroid from Asia. However, on looking it up in Deni Bown's book, I read that another species, P. ternata, "can spread rapidly and verge on becoming a weed". Before I let Pinellia tripartita loose in our garden I thought I should ask whether anyone living in a mild-temperate climate (mild winters with little frost, coolish summers) - perhaps the Pacific Northwest, has any experience of this species. When I contemplate the weed species that we already have in our garden (jasmine, ivy, Oxalis, ferns, Alstroemeria, Tradescantia etc. etc.) I am reluctant to unleash another one. Nick Miller +More Rotorua, New Zealand

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