50Pcs Candy Cane Sorrel Oxalis Versicolor Seeds Garden Flowers

Item specifics

• Features:Flowering    
• Common Name:Sorrel
• Sub-Type:Oxalis Versicolor    
• Germinate / Grow:14-60days
• Genus:Oxalis    
• Brand:Unbranded
• Plant Habit:Flowering    
• Type:Seeds

   

  WHAT DO YOU DO?

  You can plant your strange little oxalis bulbs in autumn or spring, for summer flowering. Depending on how you wish to grow them, follow these guides:

  Patio pots and containers:
  
  • Fill the container with a good quality potting compost, preferably with a few handfuls of grit. The container must have drainage holes, as the bulbs should not sit in wet compost;
  • For best flowering, place your pot in full sun. Generally, the more shade it is given, the fewer the flowers;
  • Plant the bulbs about 5-10cm / 2-4" deep, and 10-15cm / 4-6" apart. Do not worry about which side is up, as they will grow from any set angle. Water well;
  • During active growth, water your plants as needed. Ideally, only water when the compost in the container feels dry to the touch.
  In the garden soil:
  
  • Find a spot where there is a good deal of sunlight, and where the soil drains well;
  • With a trowel, dig little holes about 5-10cm / 2-4" deep, and 10-15cm / 4-6" apart, drop them in, and water well;
  • During active growth, water your plants as needed.

  Don’t forget the house:
  Before using up all your  in patio containers and the garden, consider potting up a few for indoors. They make great pot plants for sunny windowsills, conservatories and, of course, greenhouses.

  After flowering:
  After late autumn, once your oxalis finish flowering, do nothing – at first. As with any plant growing from a bulb, it is important to leave the fading foliage in place. Certainly, don’t cut it off. As the leaves turn yellow and rot away, they gather sunlight and, by so doing, create food through photosynthesis to strengthen the bulb for next year.

  Eventually the bulbs slip into their winter slumber, or dormancy. At this point, the leaves may be removed. The bulbs will rest for a few months in the compost or soil, and before you know it, they’ll be springing back into life again – in spring!

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