MORE OXALIS
A reader, Mr F. G. Haigh, who was interested in the recent comments on Oxalis species which can be grown with safety, sends some additional comments. He says: “I wish you had also included Oxalis lobata in your list. I grow it in a double row, in strips about Sin wide, cut back from a lawn and alongside a concrete path. When fully out, any chance caller raves over it—what is it? “Oxalis lobata,” the reply. Reactions as described by you. But I have managed to give away a few bulbs, with my personal guarantee. The golden petals appear to be curved as in the blades of a ship’s propeller, and that is the nearest I can suggest. I think it is a gem, and have yards of it. Oxalis lobata cannot get away and be a nuisance. But. as you say. ‘Give a dog a bad name’.” Perhaps this independent witness can help to persuade friends who have been pull-i ing my leg, suggesting I am trying to populate our garden with weeds, that there are some garden-worthy oxalis!
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29679, 24 November 1961, Page 10
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