Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Shamrock seeds?

Do shamrock seeds sprout again in spring if you take them out of dirt now?

Shamrock seeds?
The shamrock sold in the US is a plant from S America (oxalis regnellii). The the best way to propagate this is to set pieces of the underground rhizomes either in pots or where they are to flower.


This plant is nothing to do with the Irish shamrock, (Irish clover) much beloved and revered by people of Irish stock.
Reply:Are you referring to Oxalis? People generally think of Oxalis as a Shamrock and that is the plant you find widely available in the marketplace at St Pat's Day. Oxalis grows from bulbs.


There isn't usually a need to dig them. Just give them water, sun and the right time of year and they will come back.
Reply:no
Reply:While shamrocks probably do have seeds, I think they would be pretty rare. The easiest way to propagate shamrocks would be using their tuber-like roots.. which I think you might be referring to, since you can't find seeds underground normally.





So yes, dig up the brown chunk of rootlike structure and put it in a pot until spring. It will grow back..... I've cut my shamrocks down all the way to the soil and they bounce right back,and normally flower right away too.

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