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Re: Oxalis, more on

>Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:11:19 -0800
>To: awilson@fda.net
>From: Michael Barclay <opga@mail.wenet.net>
>Subject: Re: Oxalis
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>>Katherine wrote:
>>
>>"I have engaged in an multi-decade war with Oxalis corniculata, Oxalis pres
>>capra, and a third Oxalis (that looks real lush and pretty for 3 months
>>before it goes dormant). . . . and I feel like I am losing on all fronts.

>
>	To Andrew andKatherine and other Planters:
>	Let's get the name of our nemesis correct.
>	It is Oxalis pes capre  "Cape Buttercup" and the worst weed from
>its home to
>	have naturalized in Berkeley and environs.  It can be licked by
>constant destruction
>	of its above ground growth till it starves.  This may take years!
>Maybe
	your lifetime.
>
>	There is a quite nice oxalis weed in the Bay Area with pink blooms.
>	It grows exceedingly well in Mary Wildavsky's garden in Oakland.
	No notion of its moniker.
>	There are several fine perennials inc. Oxalis gigantea which are
>	harmless and fun but a bit tender.  I personally grow one with huge
>	angular maroon leaves which spreads very slowly if at all.  It was a
>	gift from The Dry Garden many years ago.  Can't remember its name
>	either.  I guess none have truly grabbed me except some of the
>	succulents.

	But I would be without Oxalis oregona in its many forms and cultivars.
	It is a splendid full shade ground cover from native Cal & Oregon
	forest floors and is well behaved and beautiful!!!!
>	Yours,
>	Michael D. Barclay, Really Special Plants & Gardens, opga@wenet.net
>	Grower of 2,000 spp.of plants on 1/5 acre in the Berkeley Hills.
>
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