Oxalis triangularis, also known as Purple Shamrock, is a strikingly gorgeous and simple plant to care for, provided you know what it needs. This is the ‘Ebony Allure’ variety from Josh’s Frogs. Something many people don’t know about the shamrock plant is that it’s EDIBLE in small amounts, often used as a garnish on salads. The corms beneath the soil surface are also edible and are much sweeter than the leaves.
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Anyone ever eaten their oxalis? Or can you not bring yourself to do it? P.S. I got mine from Josh's Frogs, who have offered a 15% discount on the entire store with code 'epicgardening' – not sponsored, they just want to hook up Epic Gardening subscribers 🙂
I have a large leaf variety of this and keep mine in bright shade by putting it at the shady north side of a shed with nothing blocking view of sky so it gets lots of indirect light. It seems really happy there. Also it seems to close leaves when handled so that's cool.
My MIL has oxalis that are struggling. It gets good light, and regular watering but seems to be dying off. Would repotting, and fresh new soil help?
Do you know why my purple oxalis triangularis turning green on top with purple underneath?
I found these growing in my back yard
I've had good luck with an African Violet self watering pot. Seems to be working good.
Why are my Oxalis bulbs on the stems coming to the surface of my plant pot?
Would you recommend a self watering pot for these?
Mine are curling. And there are some structure like "pinching" at the back of every leaf. Do you know why?
I have two colors of them, purple and green. I leave mine in south facing window all year round. I have to water them everyday or the stems will wilt by mid morning. I give a little fertilizer every other month. The leaves are about twice the size of yours and the colors brighter. Try yours in more sun. I divide my big plants each year and give away dozens. Last spring I mixed greens and purples in the same pots. They look good together but the purples grow faster than the greens. https://www.instagram.com/p/CCoCfcgFKGf/ and https://www.instagram.com/p/CEXyxGVFYgF/ . Nice video. Good Luck, Rick
Ive had my two for 35 yrs,l love them.
How often should I water it?
Thank you so much for this post.
Hi my daughter just ripped of all of the leaves off my baby one, will they grow back???
And can I do anything with the leaves like put it in water or something??
In California we have redwood sorrel (oxalis oregana) that's very similar looking but only purple on the undersides of the leaves. It likes to grow in redwood mulch in the shade of redwood trees. I've eaten it numerous times but never considered growing it as a house plant.
I just bought two of the green ones know what I'm saying?
Just bought my first plant thanks so much for the information. I have a ledge on my front window which gives good light but it is facing the west will this be ok for the plant?
How to get more flowers on this plan?
Where can I buy an ebony allure? And thank you for telling me about their dormancy. I thought mine just didn't like me any more.
Oxalis is great as a house plant because they don’t like full hot sun -they like bright shade… I’ve been growing every variety of these for over 30 years, they can be gently repotted anytime -they don’t need to be in dormancy -and they love to be “deadheaded“, meaning keep plucking the wilted leaves at the base, (and even the flowers can go in a separate vase) and it stimulates them to grow more… I take my half dozen pots outside every summer and they sit on a shaded table on my patio and triple in size every year they just love it. Only have to be well watered once a week. The leaves will close if they’re in too much sun and will bleach out the beautiful colours…
I have 1 healthy oxalis plant too so beautiful and i love it i will try to taste sometimes
I tried to repot mine and now it looks very sad and most of the leaves died. Will it come back to life? Or did I kill it?
Is compost good for them?
I bought one 2 month ago and that growing and blooming beautifully . I came back from work and found all the leaves downs and soft !!! What happened ?
Is it possible to propagate this by cutting the leaves?