"Karen Kay" wrote in message
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| "Terry Horton" wrote in message
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| | _Oxalis drummondii_, a native wood-sorrel. Delicate and tough
| | as nails.
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| Thanks. I was guessing some kind of oxalis, but wasn't sure.
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| And a good old-fashioned garden plant. They'll grow in the
| shade. They die back when it's hot, after blooming in the
| spring, and then return again about this time of year. You'll
| see similar plants with yellow flowers--those are also a form of
| oxalis, and really quite pretty, but most people regard the
| yellow sorrel as weeds. They always die back in the heat as
| well.
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| There are advantages to not mowing your lawn.
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| Karen

No kidding! Since pink oxalis doesn't move much (unless squirrels have
been at work), where they are located usually will tell you something
about a yard's original layout.