Re: Pinellia ternata-RUN do not walk away

From: nichollsgardens at juno.com (Diana Nicholls) on 1997.10.24 at 05:07:39(1486) Jim Waddick commented "I think you might try all the species with a warning on P. ternata (try it in a pot and don't mix soils or keep the pot near fertile ground)." I had read the warning about P. ternata a few years back. I cautiously planted it in the only bed in the front which is truly by itself and is dry and thought "how can it possibly escape from here just in case 'they' are right and it is a weed." Trust me if you don't trust the others when they say it is a weed. It has been MOVED by ??????? ( mice, chipmunk, birds, ants, the wind, I am desperate here, who knows what) in to a juniper ground cover on a bank several yards away. The juniper ground cover is (was solid) until it is now losing to P. ternata which is beginning to look like the new ground cover. Don't even try this in a pot. The other Pinellias that I grow have not given me any trouble thus far. Diana Nicholls +More Nicholls Gardens MailOrder Plant Nursery HTTP://www.inet-images.com/nichollsgardens/index.html 4724 Angus Drive, Gainesville, VA 20155-1217 Email: nichollsgardens@juno.com Zone 6B

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