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Creeping Wood Sorrel, Oxalis corniculata - Plant

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Description

Wood sorrel can be grown outdoors in rock gardens and as a ground-cover plant or indoors as a houseplant.

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1 Oxalis corniculata - Plant
2 6 inch (15 cm) Grower Round Plastic Pot (Black)

Oxalis corniculata, the creeping woodsorrel, also called procumbent yellow-sorrel or sleeping beauty, resembles the common yellow woodsorrel, Oxalis stricta.

Plant Specifications

*above specification are indicative only. actual dimensions may vary by +-10%
Common Name Oxalis corniculata
Maximum Reachable Height 12-18 in.
Flower Colour yellow
Bloom Time Spring-Summer
Difficulty Level easy to grow

Planting and care

  • Place three or four wood sorrel bulbs or rhizomes into each hole.
  • Push loose, prepared soil over the bulbs or rhizomes until the top of the soil is level with the surrounding garden soil.
  • Water the placed you planted bulbs or rhizomes to settle the soil.
  • Water the planting site when its soil begins to dry. After the plants grow and have healthy stems and leaves, give them an application of 20-10-20 or 15-15-15 fertilizer once per week.
  • Allow the soil to dry, and do not fertilize the wood sorrel plants if they become dormant.
  • Some wood sorrel species become dormant and appear dead for as long as three months up to four times per year.
  • Resume watering and fertilizing after new stems and leaves appear on the wood sorrel plants.

    Oxalis corniculata care

    Select a sunny or partially shady outdoor planting site. Mix a 3- to 6-inch layer of organic matter such as compost, well-aged cow manure and sphagnum peat moss into the planting site.
    Mix it in thoroughly to a depth of 10 to 12 inches with a rototiller or shovel.
    Plant wood sorrel bulbs or rhizomes in the prepared soil in fall. Dig planting holes to 1 inch deep and 4 to 6 inches wide with a hand trowel. Space holes for multiple plantings 6 inches apart.

    Sunlight Full Sun to Partial Shade
    Watering Medium
    Soil well-drained soil
    Temperature 25 2 C.
    Fertilizer Apply any organic fertilizer

    Oxalis corniculata special feature

    They usually bloom in spring and fall, producing pink, purple, red, white or yellow flowe

    Oxalis corniculata uses

    Ornamental Use:

    • The plant is used for ornamental purpose

    Medicinal Use:

    • It is anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory, astringent, depurative, diuretic, emmenagogue, febrifuge, lithontripic, stomachic and styptic
    • It is used in the treatment of influenza, fever, urinary tract infections, enteritis, diarrhea, traumatic injuries, sprains and poisonous snake bites
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