Re: while we're on the subject....

Date:          Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:07:04 +1300
From:          Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
To:            tnottle@picknowl.com.au
Cc:            medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
Subject:       Re: while we're on the subject....

Trevor Nottle wrote:
> 
> From:          K1MIZE@aol.com
> Date:          Mon, 25 Jan 1999 17:18:30 EST
> To:            K1MIZE@aol.com, gilsenan@well.com, medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Subject:       Re: while we're on the subject....
> Reply-to:      K1MIZE@aol.com
> 
> In a message dated 1/25/99 4:58:34 PM EST, K1MIZE writes:
> 
> << Can we move one now?
>   >>
> 
> I'm not suggesting we move any "yellow-flowered" Oxalis plants.  I meant to
> say, "Can we move ON now!"  But not before I get the answers to my questions
> on the pink-flowered mystery Oxalis, please.  I have both forms of Oxalis
> corniculata in my lawn.  I tried battling them with chemicals, but ended up
> doing my lawn (and health) more harm than good.  Since then, I find that if I
> keep my grass healthy, it competes well with the Oxalis.  For a while there,
> though, it looked as if I were going to have an Oxalis lawn!  I do like the
> idea of having a diversity of species in a lawn.  My former home in Santa Rosa
> had English daisies (Bellis perennis, for you purists) in the front lawn, and
> I always thought they were charming.  I'd like to hear about other flowering
> plants that can be grown successfully in a lawn, one that is mown quite
> closely and regularly.  Any suggestions?
> 
> Kurt
> 
> Dear Kurt,
> 
> Here I have One O'Clock's - Oxalis hirsuta, in three different
> colours - white, pale pink and deep pink plus one with pale striped
> flowers; there is also a form with beetroot red leaves and deep pink
> flowers. They all look fine to my eyes. In Uruguay last year I saw a
> very low Irid called Alophilla I think, rather like a very miniature
> Tigridia with vivid cobalt blue flowers from a small bulb, grassy
> foliage. I'm trying to get seed as I thionk it would look great in
> our mown rough grass - not lawn.

Trevor
This sounds to me like Alophia, probably platensis. I used to have a lot
of a closely-related species with violet-blue flowers, probably Alophia
(Herbertia) lahu along the edge of a sunny path, but since the area
became more shady it has been much reduced and I now only have one or
two plants. I must really try and revive it. Perhaps I shall later have
some seed or corms to spare.

Moira
-- 
Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand

Dear Moira,
Some seeds would be lovely if you can find some, but no bulbs thank
you the quarantine charges would be murderous.

regards

trevor n
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