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Should I protect Peppermint rock sorrel from sun exposure?
While many perennial plants need plenty of sun to bloom to their fullest extent, some of them benefit from less sun in warmer climates. For example, people who live in hotter climates might want to provide shade for their flowering perennials in the hot afternoon sun, and this is even more true for months in the summer. Even though some perennial flowering plants will benefit from partially shaded in the hottest climates, plants like the Giant Coreopsis aren't intimidated by too much sun. They might sit outside in the full sun in hot weather and still thrive.
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Peppermint rock sorrel
Peppermint rock sorrel
A species of Wood sorrels, also known as Candycane woodsorrel
Botanical name: Oxalis versicolor
Genus: Wood sorrels
Description
Description
The peppermint rock sorrel is certainly a unique flowering plant - its eye-catching flowers start as tightly pointed red and white buds that look like candy canes. For this reason, the plant is also known as 'Candy cane sorrel.' It is often cultivated for ornamental purposes and even gained the Award of Garden Merit by the British Royal Horticultural Society.
Garden Use
Garden Use
Good-luck potted plants, Oxalis or known as peppermint rock sorrel plants are easy to grow, low maintenance, perennial and annual flower plants that are a welcomed sight in any garden or a pot. There are over 500 species in this family, growing in a variety of different climatic conditions, but they prefer growing in partial shade and can be grown in pots or as garden plants., They grow up to 30 cm in height, with characteristic triangled, clover-like foliage that comes in dark green to dark violet colors. If you respect a few of their needs, they will reward you with many beautiful blooms. In late spring or early summer, they bloom colorful flowers looked delicate and thin. The flowers form small clusters which will last for a couple of weeks. Don’t be surprised if they start to wilt- they just might surprise you and grow back again next season.
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