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Variegated pinellia - RIP

Pinellia tripartita 'Dragons Tails'. Image ©GardenPhotos.com Yesterday I was mentioning the lovely, intriguing but all-too-vigorous little arum – the crowdipper, Pinellia ternata. And it reminded me to take a look and see how our variegated pinellia, P. tripartita ‘Dragon’s Tails’, is doing in the garden. It’s been there for a few years, spreading slowly. But now it’s dead.

It’s been a colorful and well-behaved little plant, but didn’t get through the coldest winter here in twenty five years. We’ll miss it.

I blogged about our pinellias here a couple of years ago. You can order Pinellia tripartita ‘Dragon’s Tails’ in North America from Plant Delights, and in Britain from Kevin Hughes Plants.

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