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Oxalidaceae
Oxalis perennans
Oxalis perennans
Also known as Oxalis cognata, Oxalis preissiana, Oxalis corniculata var. preissiana
Indoor Plants · Native Plants · Oxalis · Ground Cover · Shade Tolerant · Australian Native · Clover-Like · Low Growing · Perennial · Pot Plant · Woodland Garden · Spreading Plant
Oxalis perennans is a dainty, clover-leaved perennial native to Australia and New Zealand that thrives in partial shade with moderate, consistent moisture. It makes an attractive low ground cover or pot plant and will spread gradually to fill gaps in shaded garden beds. Reduce watering in summer dormancy and divide clumps every few years to keep plants vigorous.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, allowing the top inch of soil to dry out between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- New South Wales, New Zealand South, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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