Paul, Mark: Pinellia 'Polly Spout' is a seedling that Dick Weaver (founder of We-Du Nursery) found in his garden back in the early 1990's...a hybrid of P. tripartita 'Atropurpurea' and P. pedatisecta. Dick named it after the town in NC where We-Du is located. To my knowledge, it is the only sterile form of pinellia, and while it is very vigorous, it doesn't offset very rapidly. It puts on a tremendous floral show all summer and the flowers are most certainly red-flushed, although not as dark as P. tripartita 'Atropurpurea'. I hope this helps. Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdelights.com/ phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent Paul T. wrote: >> Eucomis and Kniphofia that I found ungrowable several hundred miles >> south in my former Connecticut garden. Her reliable snow cover and >> superior growing talent are probably the difference. I bid for >> Pinellia "Polly Spout" and won!!! >> > > Mark, > > And what pray tell is Pinellia 'Polly Spout' like? Checking google > it seems to be a P. pedatissecta, but some pics show what looks like > a purply flower, while others describe a greeny yellow? What is > distinctive about it? > > Cheers. > > Paul T. > Canberra, Australia - USDA Zone Equivalent approx. 8/9 > > Growing an eclectic collection of plants from all over the world > including Aroids, Crocus, Cyclamen, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, > Galanthus, Irises, Trilliums (to name but a few) and just about > anything else that doesn't move!! > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >