Oxalis Triangularis Care

It shows up anywhere and everywhere as if by spontaneous generation. Sadly removing one rarely pulls up the rest of the family members as these stolons are weak and snap too easily.Seed pods that fall off while weeding rapidly mature and release somewhere...

, also known as shamrock or sorrel, is a popular indoor plant around the St. Patrick's Day holiday. This diminutive little plant is also suitable for growing outdoors with minimal attention, although it may need a little help getting through chilly winters.

The low growing plant can re-establish from just a tiny stem fragment, fragile breakable rhizomes or bulbils. One of the more terrifying Oxalis weed facts for those of us fighting this plant, is that it can bloom and set seed at any time of the year.The...

Some species are hardy in cold climates, but most are not. Silverado is another lovely cultivar with silvery foliage edged in deep green. Ornamental Oxalis, aka shamrocks or wood sorrel, offer delightful personality to your backyard or indoor garden.

New shoots appear when dormancy is broken. Water two to three times a month, allowing soil to dry out between waterings.Fertilize after watering with a balanced houseplant food.Shamrock plants grow from tiny bulbs that may be planted in fall or early...

The compact-foliage plants filling florists' shelves at St. Patrick's Day with their emphatically green, three- or four-lobed leaves may be sold as shamrocks, but that's just marketing.

This is mainly an accidental variation of the regular clover, occurring once in tens of thousands. So finding one truly is a lucky feat, either that or the result of very diligent searching.The four leaves are said to mean faith, hope, love, and of course...

I love Oxalis and the flowers on this specimen were exquisite. One of his most familiar songs Country Roads sings of the Blue Ridge Mountains. I actually felt like I was being cruel to allow my struggling specimens to languish in the heat trying desperately...

I'm not a big advocate of chemical products, but even home-made solutions such as vinegar or insecticidal soaps can be lethal if used incorrectly. It must be diluted with water, or it will also kill nearby vegetation.

If neither of these options is available, don't fret. With a long storage capacity and a nutritious punch, these multicolored tubers are easy to grow and harvest. Save the smaller tubers for replanting in the spring, and use the bigger tubers for cooking.

From the genus oxalis, the lucky shamrock provides pretty dark green, burgandy or plum-colored foliage with white, red, pink or yellow flowers. The dormancy typically lasts three months, at which time new growth will appear, signaling the start of a growing...

Perhaps you're accustomed to “eating your weeds”—adding dandelion greens or chickweed to a salad, plucking the fruit off a wild persimmon tree or digging up chicory roots for a bitter coffee substitute.

Increase the frequency of watering to revive wilted plants. Allow the surface of your plant's growing medium to dry out a bit before watering; shamrocks grow best in soil that is kept slightly moist.

If you have a potted plant that goes dormant, give it a rest in a dark room or at the bottom of a closet. Part shade all day or at least part of the day keeps them perky. Cooler climates allow for fuller sun for their little leaves to gather enough energy...

If you're used to bedding geraniums, you won't believe the size of these plants. You can also experiment with chopping a few fresh leaves into a fruit salad or adding them to an herbal tea.What if you don't have sunny window space for an assortment of...

All are perennials with tough, colorful leaves, such as the prayer plant (Maranta spp.), hardy in USDA zones 11 through 12, with its green, red and sometimes pale green foliage. Calathea (Calathea spp.), hardy in USDA zones 8 through 11, and ginger (Stromathe...

Any fungus on impatiens plants is contagious to other plants in the group but it does not affect any other ornamental species.The impatiens fungus is actually not a fungus, but mildew, and as such doesn't respond to fungicides.

So he at least dresses the partEvery once in a while Bob enjoys going through old family albums of baby picturesAs time goes on and his failures pile up, Bob can no longer provide the respect and care he gave his first dead plants..

Give them new life by turning them into distinctive planters that reflect your family's personal style. Try painting them with chalkboard paint so that you can clearly label herbs and other produce that you plan to harvest.

Additionally, the different colors associated with As such, the shamrock plant (oxalis or wood sorrel) is one of those plants considered lucky.– also known as mother-in-law plant, whatever you call it, this plant has been deemed a good luck plant because...

Bulbs and their counterparts - tubers, rhizomes and corms - enhance the landscape with a variety of form, texture and color. The length of this requirement varies from plant to plant but you can mimic cooler outdoor conditions by placing the bulbs in...

This foliage, composed of alternating oblong shaped leaves, is light sensitive and tends to fold in upon itself at dusk. The tree blooms a few times a year in optimal conditions, bearing clusters of blossoms in pink to lavender hues.All of these qualities...

One of the most annoying things I run into as I collect plants I know little about, is how little everyone else seems to know about them, too. And there are no publications available that summarize these sorts of things.

If you're like me and love the land and all it provides, the first hints of warm weather and bits of greenery emerging from the brown landscape probably have you feeling giddy. I've seen recipes for redbud spring rolls, muffins and jelly.

Some people describe the tart flavor of these plants as almost citrus-like. In terms of cultivated perennial onions, Egyptian walking onions can't be beat. Rob Ireton/Flickr The planting of annual vegetables year after year requires a significant investment...