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Oxalis is an enormous genus, with the majority coming from South America and South Africa. Only a few South
American species are included in this list, and are noted as such. Oxalis are wonderful "collector's items" -- you
know you have been bitten by the bug when, upon seeing their dazzling jewel-like flowers and different leaf forms,
you experience an irrepressible urge to possess more! The South African species are largely winter-growers,
brightening the dreary months with their exuberant flowers, then go dormant in summer. They are best appreciated
as container plants, and need sun to open their flowers. SHIPS JULY-SEPTEMBER
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7000 Oxalis adenodes ----- 3 for $ 6.00
Very large brilliant white flowers. Leaflets are pointed.


7005 Oxalis ambigua    ----- Each: $ 2.50 SOLD OUT
As the hairy leaves emerge, they look like little cabbages. Flowers are white

7007 Oxalis annae ----- 3 for $ 6.00
Neat yellow flowers on short stems, the petals backed with
ruby. Leaves are narrow and hairy. Extremely floriferous, when in
bloom the flowers are so numerous they completely hide the foliage.

7010 Oxalis bifurca ----Each: $ 3.50
Each leaflet is deeply divided, forming a "Y." Flowers are
deep pink. Multiplies very slowly.

7020 Oxalis brasiliensis ---- 6 for $ 6.00/10 for $8.00
Bright green leaves in a dense mound with deep red flowers, blooming
in spring and well into summer. Native to Brazil.   Zone 9-10.

7015 Oxalis bowiei ----- 3 for $ 6.00
Very large bright green leaves and umbels of deep pink flowers. Grows
well into summer if kept watered.


7030 Oxalis callosa ---- Each: $ 3.50
One of the most desirable Oxalis, with fragrant flowers that are purple
with a deep crimson band in the throat. Narrow leaves.

7032 Oxalis cathara -- Each: $ 6.00
NEW -- A very rare species with large white scented flowers
that stay open on dull days. Leaves are feathery grey.

7031 Oxalis caprina -- 3 for $ 6.00
NEW -- Lilac flowers and clover-like leaves. Blooms into the
summer.

7035   Oxalis cf. ciliaris ---- Each: $ 3.50 SOLD OUT
The tiny leaves are clustered at the end of a wiry stem that holds
the rose pink flowers. Very floriferous.

7040 Oxalis commutata ----- 3 for $ 6.00
Tiny succulent leaves and lavender-pink flowers with a strong scent like talcum
powder. Starts blooming in September before the leaves appear, and blooms
best when the bulbs are crowded in their container.   Zone 8-10.

7050 Oxalis comosa   ----- (see O. obtusa Large Form)

7060 Oxalis compressa ----- 3 for $ 6.00
The green leaflets have red markings at the base, and the bright yellow
flowers are produced in an umbel.

7061 Oxalis compressa - Double Form -- Each: $ 3.50
NEW -- A rare double form of the pretty yellow O. compressa.

7070 Oxalis convexula ----- Each: $ 2.50
Tight mounds of tiny succulent leaves with large salmon-pink flowers in
mid winter.   Forms bulbils in the crown, and can self-sow.   Zone 9-10.

7071 Oxalis densa -- Each: $ 3.50 SOLD OUT
NEW -- This lovely little species forms a compact mound of hairy
leaves with masses of white flowers striped purple on the petal
underside. FEW AVAILABLE

7085 Oxalis ecklonii var sonterii (see O. purpurea Lavender)

7090 Oxalis engleriana ---- 3 for $ 6.00
The leaves have seven narrow silvery leaflets, and the flowers are
bright violet with a magenta eye-ring.

7100 Oxalis fabaefolia   ----- 3 for $ 6.00
The two long narrow leaflets give this Oxalis its common name "Rabbit's Ears."
Large yellow flowers.

7110 Oxalis fergusoniae   ---Not available
Large glowing pink flowers with small succulent leaves.
Forms crown bulblets and can self-sow.

7120 Oxalis flava ----- 3 for $ 6.00
The leaves are shaped like tiny palm fronds and the huge brilliant yellow flowers
appear in mid-winter.

7130 Oxalis flava - Lavender Form   (syn. O. lupinifolia) ---- Each: 3.50
Beautiful greyish leaves with very wide leaflets, resembling somewhat
the leaf of a lupine. Pale lavender flowers.

7132 Oxalis flava - Pink Form ---- Each: $5.50 FEW
The handsome broad grey-blue leaflets are arranged like an
Elizabethan ruff. Flowers are a very pale pink. Slow to increase.

7140 Oxalis flava var. pectinaria   ---- 3 for $ 6.00
The long narrow leaflets are arranged like a fan.   Flowers are yellow.

7145 Oxalis fragrans ---- 3 for $ 6.00
The dainty lavender flowers stay open into the evening and have
a strong freesia-like scent.

7143 Oxalis foveolata ----- Each: $ 3.50
The thick leathery leaves are heavily veined. Flowers are cream,
delicately veined all over with pink. Outstanding.

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