Thanks to Robin for the introduction to Oxalis. Here, in zone 6b, we are pretty much limited to growing Oxalis in summertime if not windowsill or greenhouse gardening. I began offering them for sale this past spring, quite by accident. I've started taking special orders very early each season which allows my customer base to select from thousands of different flower bulbs, most of which will not be offered on my regular season price list. I noticed with this spring's special orders an exaggerated interest in Oxalis, so I also offered them on my regular spring list and was glad I did. When sales ended, I planted the remnants and got to enjoy some very fine displays. My favorite so far for leaf structure (ovarall, actually) is O. lasiandra with the freckled, wagon wheel leaf. The flower on O. depressa is mesmerizing, and holds my top score in the flower department so far. Photos of a number of the Oxalis I grew may be viewed here: http://bulbmeister.com/gallery/showgallery.php/… I have offered some of the same this fall, like O. tetraphylla (deppei) and O. triangularis (regnellii?), but others as well, like O. enneaphylla, O. adenophylla, and O. versicolor. I'm curious to grow the last mentioned potted in my winter house to compare to what I've grown so far. I'm baffled by the physiological diversity of this genus, above and below ground, and would sure like as simple an explanation as possible as to the common factors that tie them all together into one genus. > Amongst many gardeners Oxalis tends to be rather stigmatised by the > occurrence of a few weedy taxa amongst the many hundreds of species > which constitute the genus. Fortunately there are also a very large > number of desirable species which merit a place in cultivation. The > majority of these are geophytes, predominately native to Africa and > the Americas, and it is these plants that I will introduce in this > weeks TOW. -- Mr. Kelly M. Irvin The Bulbmeister 4407 Town Vu Road Bentonville, AR 72712 479-685-1339 USDA Cold Hardiness Zone 6b E-mail: mailto:bulbmeister@bulbmeister.com Website: http://www.bulbmeister.com/ Forum: http://www.bulbmeister.com/forum/