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Just bought a pond plant that was tagged as a "rhubarb". It is not the Rhubarb in my plant book. The plant consists of a group of plantlets ,each with several narrow red-veined green leaves about 6 to 8 inches in heighth. The leaves remind me of beet tops ,but narrower. Anyone know what it might be?
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Sounds like it could be a form of Caladium.
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The plant is relatively small.It is not an elephant ears.
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Can we get a picture?
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does it look like this?? If so its bloody dock. Kind of sounds like what you are saying.
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I have it too. Reminds me of beet tops too.
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Thanks for the input. It is, indeed, Bloody Dock. Now, in case I can't find it in my books, can you tell me it's hardiness ( zone ) and how to best winter it?
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Hardy to zone 4/5. It survived a couple years for me in z4...in the ground. I have never tried wintering it in the pond. Actually, the one time I tried growing it in the pond it didn't do so well. It is another terrestrial plant that can survive with wet feet, but that isn't its preferred growing conditions.
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