"Oxalis!!"
By jogil
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Hi anyone……
Just looked into this website as I have recently obtained my first Oxalis Triangularis! I was visiting an Inn/Pub in Yorkshire, my home county, at the end of May and they were displayed as large plants on all the window sills in the restaurant.
I loved them on sight and managed to get a small plant from the owner.
I don’t remember seeing this plant before…. and I have been looking for more since then. I did manage to get one from a local garden centre, but it seems smaller in leaf size…. maybe it will grow…..
It is now 21 June, and I have been weeding my small garden….I have a flower bed with a couple of rose trees and a couple of fuscias and a plant that seems to spread along the bottom of them. I had not taken any notice of it before but liked it as it covered the ground and had pretty little yellow flowers. A friend told me it was a weed and to get rid. I didn’t… and today I finally looked at it properly and found that it is…… Yes.. it’s an Oxalis!!! I can’t believe it! According to the internet it is classed as a weed here… so— Do I get rid or do I keep it? Can I dig some up and put in a pot and make a pot plant of it?
Any acomments would be appreciated. Thanks.
21 Jun, 2009
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Hi Angie... Look forward to hearing about my Oxalis... and my "weeds!"... Thanks for reply...
21 Jun, 2009
Your welcome - do some googling meantime within the site you might get some more info while you're waiting for a decent reply - you'll love this site I PROMISE - my gut feeling is THIS AIN'T NO WEED
21 Jun, 2009
Oxalis triangularis is a beauty! I have grown it from corms and keep it as a house-plant. In the garden it's not invasive.
I'm afraid that the ones you have found in your garden sound like the invasive kind - they also grow from small corms or 'pips' and spread like wildfire. They are almost impossible to get rid of, as well. I don't think they would grow indoors successfully, either. Sorry.
Welcome to GOY from me, as well!
21 Jun, 2009
I was right about Spritz what a memory - sorry my gut feeling was wrong
21 Jun, 2009
Cheers Spritzhenry.... internet more or less told me same... just wondered what everyone else thought.... but where the garden one is I don't actually mind...Yet!! Looking forward to my Triangularis growing....
21 Jun, 2009
No prob Angie... so far I don't mind it..... I was so pleased to find and recognise it... We'll see what happens. I am going to put some in a pot and see what happens.. who knows??
21 Jun, 2009
Some folk say thistle's are weeds and I prob agree however I have a little patch in my garden to remind me of home !
21 Jun, 2009
If you like the ones in the garden, why not keep some just in a pot or tub?
When is a weed a weed? When the gardener finds it a nuisance or has too much of it probably. Some class forget-me-nots as weeds, but I really couldn't, however common they are. I think of any Euphorbia or that shrub "red robin" or Leylandii as on a level with weeds, and wouldn't want them in my own garden.
You decide!
21 Jun, 2009
A weed is in the eye of the beholder. Some, like lysimachia can be very useful and pretty in dodgy areas. My 'weed' Red Robin was a spectacular failure despite (or because of?) my best attention but I don't have the same effect on 'official' weeds unfortunately!
22 Jun, 2009
I have it in my garden. It came with some new topsoil I bought. It's an awful weed. Get rid if it.
22 Jun, 2009
I agree! It soon gets out of control. A bit like red clover - that looks pretty, but spreads like wildfire - and I can't get rid of it!
22 Jun, 2009
Thanks to everybody who has given advice on my oxalis weed!!! And thanks for comments on my lilies..... I wish I could take full credit for them but I inherited them and I just try and look after them the best I can.... must protect them better from frost next winter!!! But at last more blooms are appearing... will post more photos when in full bloom.
23 Jun, 2009
Hi Sarahmay.....
I am not far from you in Warwickshire so you should be able to get a good display of lilies. When I inherited these I was told to give them plenty of water and a little feed every week.... so I make sure I water them every day in the spring & summer and it does make a difference... you can see them grow.... Good Luck..
23 Jun, 2009
the bees would thank u tho, Spritz!
25 Jun, 2009
Do you mean the red clover, Weeding? The bees are all concentrating on the Photinia and Hebes at the moment - they are just heaving with them...and butterflies galore, too!
28 Jun, 2009
it's just that i read up on the ?? particular bee that has now died out in GB but was doing well still in NZ... they are planning to reintroduce it in the S of England with particular reference to red clover. New to me too. I had no idea there were THAT many types of bee!
29 Jun, 2009
I've never seen bees on the tiny yellow flowers that the red clover produces - but they do like the ordinary clover in the grass.
29 Jun, 2009
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Hi Jogil
Welcome to GOY - I am no expert however spritzhenry may be able to help - as if I remember correctly would have some knowledge on the subject of Oxalis Triangularis- sorry spritz if I have put you on the spot x
21 Jun, 2009