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Pink Wood Sorrel Oxalis crassipes 'Rosea' Plant Height: 6 inches Flower Height: 8 inches Spread: 12 inches Sunlight: Hardiness Zone: 6b Description: Rich clover-like bright green foliage, covered with dainty pink trumpets in spring, lighting up the shaded areas of the garden; heavy spring bloom is followed by sporadic re-bloom all summer; morning sun to bright shade is fine Ornamental Features: Oxalis crassipes 'Rosea' flowers Photo courtesy of NetPS Plant Finder Pink Wood Sorrel's attractive fan-shaped leaves remain light green in colour throughout the season. Neither the flowers nor the fruit are ornamentally significant. Landscape Attributes: Pink Wood Sorrel is a dense herbaceous perennial with a mounded form. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition. This is a relatively low maintenance perennial, and may require the occasional pruning to look its best. It has no significant negative characteristics. Pink Wood Sorrel is recommended for the following landscape applications; - Mass Planting - Groundcover - Border Edging - Container Planting - General Garden Use Oxalis crassipes 'Rosea' in bloom Photo courtesy of NetPS Plant Finder Plant Characteristics: Pink Wood Sorrel will grow to be only 6 inches tall at maturity extending to 8 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 12 inches. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. This perennial does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This plant can be propagated by division. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.