Re: Defending Pinellia ternata ???

From: Tom Croat <croat at mobot.org> on 1997.10.28 at 05:55:33(1533) Tony: Petra informs me that out Pinellia is currently well behaved. We have only a small patch of P. ternata and it is quite pretty. I have P. pedatisecta at home and it does spread but I am praying that it will take over my whole yard since I can't grow grass adequately there anyway! Tom +More k > > >Jim: > > > > Have you ever see the giant acreage at Mobot that has been taken > >over with pinellia? I saw this when I visited about 4 years ago. For us, > >in our sandy soil it is NOT easy to pull out. It is only with a spading > >fork that we can remove the weedy pinellias without them breaking off. In > >clay soils, it would probably require miniature nuclear devices. > >Tony Avent > > Dear Tony- > The acreage at MOBOT is P. tripartita!! (not even ternata). It is > in a perfect spot, too. I admit that anything agressive can take over and > in your sub-tropical Raleigh, I'd be even more careful. > As the saying goes, "one man's weed is anothers....." > > best Jim W. > > > James W. Waddick Voice: 816 746 1949 > 8871 NW Brostrom Rd E-MAIL: jim-jim@swbell.net > Kansas City MO 64152 Fax: 816 746 1939 > Zone 5/6 - > Winter low -10°F > Summer high +100°F > > > > -- Thomas B. Croat, Ph.D. P.A. Schulz Curator of Botany Missouri Botanical Garden P.O. Box 299 St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 phone: 314-577-5163; fax 314-577-9596; email croat@mobot.org

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