13-11-2003, 04:02 PM
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Oxalis deppei - overwintering
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pamfree (Zemedelec) wrote:
Will they survive in the ground or
should I dig them up? And if so, how should they be stored?
Oxalis, like crime, never sleeps. I suspect it would survive in the
antarctic,
along with cockroach eggs. Not grow, mind you, but bide its time until
the ice
melted then take over the world (to be shared with the roaches.)
Relatively few oxalis species are invasive. Those which are invasive are
very much so, & it causes the perfectly well-behaved majority to be
slandered by the ill-deeds of the few. In the specific case of O. deppei
it is never invasive & would prefer the warm weather of the southwest,
though it can adapt to moderate temperate zones.
Actually now that I've encouraged some burgundy-leaved oxalis to grow where it
can be admired but not ravage the garden, I like it. I just keep an eye
on it.
That sounds like the invasive purple wood sorrel that grows everywhere.
You can't "keep an eye on it" to keep it from spreading because it has
extremely fine seeds that will end up anywhere they want to be.
-paghat the ratgirl
--
"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
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