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[SHADEGARDENS] Fallopia

CCREDUX (by way of Sherryl Sandersfeld ) wrote:
>
> Here.
> Subj:   Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Catalog suggestion & Question
> Date:   98-01-16 21:36:15 EST
> From:   CCREDUX
> To:     shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
>
> In a message dated 98-01-16 20:16:32 EST, you write:
>
> <<
>  Clyde, from what I've noticed about Fallopia in the nursery, I wouldn't
>  plant it unless I had oodles of room that I wanted to fill. It is VERY
>  vigorous!!!! It is certainly a beautiful plant, but I wouldn't put it in on
>  my city lot. >>
>
> I am not sure that I have a fallopia. What I have is a plant with the most
> beautiful variegation-cream and red and green.Does this sound like a fallopia?
>
> Clyde Crockett z5 ccredux@aol.com

We grow both the fallopia (currently in propogation) and a similar look
alike called  Tovara.  This one has been called a fallopia, a
polygonatum and sometimes, tovara.  Good luck finding it in your books.
I have an excellent reference library, and it is only found in two.  I
think it is a polygonatum as it has the long stems with red,
insignigicant flowers along it.  It is easy to grow and very
attractive.  Invasive?  Maybe.  This is year 2 that we've grown it.  It
grows to about 3 feet in height.  The stems have very pronounced
swelling at the nodes where the stems attach.
Does this sound like what you have?
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Port Angeles, WA  98362
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