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Sunny

I appreciate this plant every day. She’s one of my oldest and definitely a favorite. She has brought me many years of joy with her daily blooms. Oxalis Triangularis.

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  1. Pierre

    A beauty indeed!

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    • Sunny

      Thank you.

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  2. Tee Jay

    How do you keep yours so full? Two years in a row now mine have gotten sparse and leggy

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    • Mullein

      Do you use fertilizer? Mine likes frequent feeds

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    • Tee Jay

      Yes!

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    • Mullein

      Hmm so that’s not the problem 🤔 Lighting? They’re usually fine with part sun, part shade in my experience

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    • Sunny

      I dug out some of the rhizomes and added a little soil. I add about 1/2 in of cow manure in spring since the soil is drained of its nutrients being so old. I added Osmocote fertilizer beads last year. The summer heatwave damaged it. I fight red fungus once each summer with a fungicide or I leave it alone and the plant eventually recovers on its own. It dies back sometimes. So, I dug out as few rhizomes for propagation when it was at its worst. It suffered, then, recovered in October and November with cooler weather. I added SuperThrive and it helped a lot with the recovery. See August and September pictures. It stays in full sun all year and loves it. I bring it inside for a few days when the weather will be freezing. This plant can take winter. But, I don’t want the stem and leaves to die off. So, I move the pot inside on the coldest days. I water when the leaves fold like a half closed umbrella. Leaves may fold down at night and open at sunrise. Folded leaves at midday means it needs water. The pot is a Mexican terracotta pot , unglazed inside, with 1 inch thick walls. I got it from Lowes many years ago. I will have to break it to eventually repot.

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  3. Mullein

    I love these too! I put mine into dormancy to store it for the winter, but I’ve been missing it!

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    • Sunny

      It’s cool that they hibernate like bears and come back looking perky. 😁

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  4. Chrissy

    I have one that I thought I had killed so I cut it down to its roots and set it aside. A few weeks later it grew back and it now looks better than it ever did! These guys are persistent little fighters (and beautiful).

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    • Sunny

      Sometimes they just need to rest and build more energy.

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  5. laura 🩷🪴

    What a beautiful plant!

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    • Sunny

      Thank you. I highly recommended it.

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