Oxalis in bloom
Nhu Nguyen (Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:03:50 PDT)
My Oxalis melanosticta 'Ken Aslet' that I got from Mary Sue didn't bloom
last year but they did this year. The leaves are deliciously lined with
silver hairs. I am growing them in a 4" pot though (it's only 3" deep
(70cm)). I'll have to repot it the coming summer into a deeper pot. My O.
polyphylla var. heptaphylla is really putting on a show. I really like the
leaves but the flowers are also fantastic.
http://flickr.com/photos/xerantheum/…
Nhu
Berkeley, CA
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On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> wrote:
For many years I had no flowers on my Oxalis melanosticta 'Ken
Aslet'. It was reported that there were some clones that didn't bloom
well and I thought I had one of them. Still I continued to grow it
since it has lovely hairy velvety leaves. Most years I shared my
extras with the BX advising it might not bloom well, but had nice
leaves. The last three years I've had good bloom. I'm now growing it
in a pot that is 9" (22+ cm.) deep and starting to water in August.
This year has been the best as it has been flowering for weeks. I
just replaced one of my pictures of it on the wiki with one that
shows the nice hairy leaves.
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