Oxalis palmifrons Red Foliage Plants six-petaled flowers

six-petaled flowers

finger-like fronds atop a thin black stalk

Bees are the primary pollinator of peonies

apple-red pitchers

Oxalis palmifrons Red Foliage Plants six-petaled flowersIf Oxalis palmifrons isn't the cutest plant that you've ever grown, then you need to re examine your definition of cute. Oxalis palmifrons hails from the deserts of South Africa's Western Karroo. This insanely cool oxalis looks for all the world like a giant green snowflake. The slowly spreading patch of ground hugging rosettes spreads to 2' wide in 10 years. Each symmetrical rosette is composed of glaucous green, three dimensional, miniature palm