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Pink Buttercups (Oxalis adenophylla): Alpine Beauty with Pink Cups

Overview

Oxalis adenophylla, known as pink buttercups, pink carpet oxalis, or Chilean wood sorrel, forms low mounds of gray-green, clover-like leaves topped with delicate pink, cup-shaped flowers in spring. Native to the Andes.

Taxonomy

Family:	Oxalidaceae
Genus:	Oxalis (oks-AL-iss)
Species:	adenophylla (ad-en-oh-FIL-uh)

Culture

Plant bulbs in autumn in gritty, well-drained soil. Full sun. Goes dormant in summer.

Bulbs: Giant Oxalis (Oxalis gigantea); Pink Knotweed (Persicaria capitata): Trailing Ground Cover with Pink Pompoms; Geranium incanum (Carpet Geranium); Society Garlic (Tulbaghia violacea): Fragrant Foliage & Pink Blooms; Pink Sorrel (Oxalis articulata): Clover-Like Leaves & Pink Flowers; Candy Cane Sorrel (Oxalis versicolor); Wood Lily (Lilium philadelphicum): Native Prairie Jewel; Oxalis depressa: Creeping Wood Sorrel; Pink Rain Lily (Zephyranthes rosea): Tiny Pink Crocus Blooms; Pink Oxblood Lily (Rhodophiala bifida var. spathacea): Pink Schoolhouse Lily

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