Q: How can I get rid of oxalis in my yard? I pull it out and think I’ve got it all, but it just comes back with more gusto the following year. It’s annoying, to say the least. A: From November through ...
There is a certain plant that has remarkable strength. I always think of an ox when reading about it or hearing its name and for an obvious reason: It’s called oxalis. Yet the etymology of oxalis has ...
We have had welcome rains, and we should be receiving more around the time this column appears. That’s good, but that weather prompts some salient observations. First, though the drought has been ...
Is sour grass driving you crazy? Also called Bermuda buttercup or Oxalis (Oxalis pes-caprae), this weedy plant is difficult to eradicate from your garden. It originated in the Cape region of South ...
For the past several days, I have been pulling oxalis seedlings from my garden. There are 800 species of oxalis, some of which are desirable ornamental plants, but the species in my garden is no prize ...