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Old 08-11-2009, 06:16 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Default Re: Musa itinerans var. itinerans is creeping into the yard.

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Originally Posted by coast crab View Post
There seems to be a lot of varieties of itinerans...

Do they all spread this way? I had bought itinerans var. gigantea that ended up being yunnanensis. It has quite a litter of puppies now in a tight clump - pretty and well behaved. If all of the itinerans spread like this they are off my want list, I don't have the space for them. :-(

Russell
I see it now, LOL!! Sorry I missed your question, Russell! The answer to your question is "No," they do not all spread in this way. Musa itinerans var. chinensis is a clumper, and so is var. guangdongensis and var. lechangensis. Var. itinerans, var. xishuangbannaensis, and var. annamica are rhizomatous.

Hope that helps!

Frank
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