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Post by whisker on Jan 12, 2012 16:14:30 GMT
Technically, it's not Spring yet, but already the cheerful little sorrel is starting to get ready to supply a mass of white blossom later. The shape of it's leaves, which is called trefoil, can easily be confused with clover. |
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Post by whisker on Jan 12, 2012 16:19:16 GMT
Here is the same sorrel forming a lovely carpet. Too good to step on though! Nevertheless, if it is disturbed, it recovers very quickly and carries on! It grows from tiny little bulbs called bulbils, which increase and multiply very quickly.
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Post by alphacat on Jan 12, 2012 16:21:41 GMT
Having such a mild winter my poor plants don't know what to do. I have fuchias, wallflowers and daffodils all flowering. My Arum Lily which normally looks black and slimy by now is still in full leaf. It's weird but great.
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Post by whisker on Jan 12, 2012 16:24:15 GMT
Your daffs are ahead of mine, then. My arum lily is the same, still showing green leaf - unlike last year.
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Post by whisker on Jan 12, 2012 16:26:27 GMT
Here's a bright little jewel, the vinca minor, to cheer our days! |
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Post by penny on Jan 14, 2012 13:43:42 GMT
Lovely flowers, Whisker.
We call the sorrel/trefoils - three leaf clover. Finding a four lea clover among them is considered  .
Are you using the sorrel as a ground cover?I'm not using it as ground cover except in gapes in my beds - where it comes up itself. You can did it up easily , but it comes back very quickly. I like it, so i don't try to get rid of it.
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Post by joebert on Jan 14, 2012 20:53:30 GMT
Everything I have is under snow. It's warming up but there will be nother cold spell right behind it.
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