This discussion reminds me: does anyone out there grow Typhonium diversifolium in the open garden, and if so, what does it require? I've been nursing a bunch of these strange Himalayan aroids in pots for years; they seem to have an extraordinarily brief active period, but they're quite enchanting when they're up. I haven't yet tried any in the garden. Thoughts? Ellen Ellen Hornig Seneca Hill Perennials 3712 County Route 57 Oswego NY 13126 USA http://www.senecahillperennials.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Herold" <rherold@yahoo.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 7:17 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] Hardiness of Pinellia cordata > One other point that I forgot to mention... > > In the late 1990s I saw Pinellia cordata growing quite happily in > several gardens in the Ann Arbor, Michigan area, which is certainly a > subzero F region. These appeared to be established clumps as opposed to > spring replants. However, the leaf size was smaller and had less > variegation than the Yamazaki clone, so it may have been a hardier > strain. Most of the plants I have seen in gardens or nurseries in Japan > appeared to be the small leafed type. > > And out of thousands of flowers, I have only had one set seed. The > special gnat that does the pollinating must have been around that year. > > --Roy > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/