Jim McKenney asked, >Has anyone out there who gardens on the east coast of North America had long >term success with either Oxalis adenophylla or O. enneaphylla as garden >plants? > >I've tried O. adenophylla, and it does not seem to be very heat tolerant. O. adenophylla is a standard rock garden plant here in the Pacific Northwest, but it may not tolerate the hot, humid east coast summers. In nature, both are alpine species, growing in scree just above the timberline in the southern Andes. O. enneaphylla is usually regarded as the more difficult to cultivate; I grow it in pots. Perhaps the inexpensive O. adenophylla would do better for Jim if planted in a scree bed on the north side of a rock, or in a wall; I have a number of them in walls that have grown there for more than 15 years. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon, USA