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Oxalis Bulbs - Description
- Pack of Oxalis Bulbs
- Variety: Deppei
- Cultivar: 'Iron Cross'
- Flowering Time: July to October
- AKA 'Lucky Clover' or 'The Good Luck Plant'
- Quantity: 20 Bulbs Per Pack
- Fully Grown Size: 20cm
- Foliage: Clover-Like, 4 Leaflets w/ Lime Green Outer Margin & Burgundy Centre
- Flower: Five Petal, Cup Shaped Flower
- Flower Colour: Light Red
- Sow: In Spring
- Spacing: 40-60cm
- Hardiness: Half Hardy
Oxalis Bulbs - Uses
- Foliage is used for St Patrick's Festival
- Makes a beautiful ground cover plant
- Small plant is suited to the front of borders
- Plant in rockeries or raised beds
- Plant with alpines such as saxifraga, sedums, aubrieta & succulents
- Both flowers & foliage are interesting
- Because this plant is not fully hardy, it can be grown in pots
- Use to edge borders & paths
Oxalis Bulbs - How to Grow
- Oxalis needs a sunny spot to grow
- Plant bulbs immediately
- Soil: Free draining, sandy or gritty soil is ideal
- Position: Full sun will result in good growth & best flowering
- Sowing time: Plant in Spring
- Sowing depth: Plant bulbs just below the soil surface
- Plant with compost, cover with soil & water in well
- Feed during the growing season
- Once foliage dies back in Autumn, lift & bring bulbs indoors to a cool, dry place
- Plant out again the following Spring
