Thursday, August 7, 2008

Brazilian Butterfly Plant

This is the picture and information from the catalog.


Light Requirement: Full Sun to Part Shade

Blooms: Early Summer to Mid-Summer

Plant Height: 6-8"

Plant Spacing: 3-4"

Hardy in: Zones 7-9

Suitable for: Zones 3-10


More Information:


Unique burgundy foliage and soft pink blooms
Carpets of color—lots of starry little flowers for weeks on end
Many uses: pots, groundcover, perennial garden, rock garden
When touched, shamrock leaves fold "like butterfly wings"
Botanical name: Oxalis triangularis

This is my picture of the plants in my garden:


I do like these, and if they don't spread on their own and get bigger to cover more area, I'm going to buy more to fill in my flowerbed. The flowers close and the leaves fold up at night, which I find interesting.

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