Oxalis adenophylla
Oxalidaceae
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Habitat:
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rock garden or raised bed
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Flowering:
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late spring
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Size:
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15
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10
(w x h cm) |
Soil:
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gritty, well drained
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Oxalis adenophylla
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Price
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£3.00
(3 bulbs)
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Order code:
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OAA-3B
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These lovely spring flowers have clover-like, delicate, fresh green foliage (they are often called shamrocks). The five-petalled, bowl- or cup-shaped flowers open and close depending on the level of sunlight - closing when it's overcast and at night.
Oxalis adenophylla has big, showy flowers with lilac petals, darker at the edges, fading paler towards the centre and marked with purple veins.
Other related plants:
Pale pink flowers over clumps of finely divided grey-green leaves.
Clumps of leaves with grey finger leaflets, and soft pink flowers.
Large flowers, dark purple at the centre and paler towards the outside.