Re: How do I make Oxalis happy

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• Subject: Re: How do I make Oxalis happy
• From: "* O* <e*@ibm.net>
• Date: Fri, 02 Jan 1998 23:28:14 -0500

Sheila,
Don't give up on your purple oxalis..It has probably just gone dormant. Dig
it out of the garbage can or compost heap or whatever, and just let it sit
in the soil til spring. Then water and it should come back. They can also
be dug up and stored in moist sawdust or vermiculite til spring..

Gerry

At 03:34 PM 1/1/98 -0400, you wrote:
>My mother's flourish, mine languish and die. Species is probably O. rubra,
 O.
>floribunda or O. articulata (my plant encyclopedia seemed a bit confused
about
>the names). My green-leaved / white flowered cultivar blooms but straggles
>with a handful of leaves, while my mother's could serve as a lawn, it's so
>thick with leaves!  I recently tried a red-leaved cultivar - beautiful
plant. 
>After a fairly successful summer, it withered all autumn and finally died 2
>weeks ago. What the heck DO these things WANT!  I really like them, but can't
>seem to get it right.  Help!
>
>
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