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Green Dragon

21 years ago

After taking out an abundance of honeysuckle shrubs on my wooded hillside, I was so thrilled to discover Green Dragon! But now much of it is mottled or disappearing altogether. Never saw any flowers or seedheads. I'm worried that there could have been some drift when I sprayed Roundup on nearby poison ivy. Or, like Mayapple, does Green Dragon go dormant in hot weather?

It would break my heart to lose it, but go ahead, tell me the worst. I can take it. I think.

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ArborBluffGirl
21 years ago
I have green dragon also and mine is just about dormant right now. They are in the same family as jack in the pulpits so they will die back for the rest of season after setting seed (assuming they are old enough to do so).
kwoods
21 years ago
I have green dragon (Arisaema dracontium) too and it goes dormant very quickly in hot dry weather. When I got them several years ago they went dormant immediately after planting and I thought I had lost them. They have been back every spring since.

If you really think you hit it w/ roundup I would cut it to the ground and mark the spot, hopefully it will return from it's corm next spring.
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viridis2
Original Author
21 years ago
Thanks so much for the information.
What a relief!!!

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