Hi vetivert8 I've been doing some research on the ICON database of AQIS. This is their bible of what can and cannot be imported. Unfortunately, purpurea, either as bulbs or seed, is not listed as being permitted from any country. If not listed, by default it is banned, until the importer proves to them that it will not pose a biosecurity risk. This is a VERY long winded and expensive exercise as I found out when trying to get cacti seed imported for my hobby. Even when I pointed out to them that the species I was interested were synonymous with plants on their list, they were not interested. If the name wasn't on their list, tough! To get the name placed on the list required an amendment to a Federal Act of Parliment and that can take years. I even asked the suppliers to rename the seed but they weren't interested in that either. A brick and a hard place situation. Thanks, though, for the links. Beautiful. I will now just have to look at my O. purpurea alba and imagine them mixed with other colours. :-((

msbatt, I am not interested in daffs at this time unless they are species or pink. Do you have any other plants or seeds to trade? Susan

I am looking for the following two varieties Oxalis (Shamrock) which can be grown from seed and that are hardy to zone 5: > Oxalis acetosella var. subpurpurascens (syn. O. acetosella var. purpurascens, O. acetosella var. rosea) Irish Shamrock. A picture of the Oxalis acetosella can be found at http://www.artfamily.com/jmc/catalog/IMG0026.jpg > Oxalis depressa (syn. O. inops). A picture of Oxalis depressa can be found at http://community11.webshots.com/photo/3446853/3447171DFmzEJpnPE and at http://windmillfarms.com/Gallery/pages/oxalisinops.htm If anyone has some of these to share, I would love to trade for them. Please view my list for a trade, or email me with an address if I can send an SASE. Thank you.

Hello! I have had the Oxalis Triangularis for years and I LOVE them. You can't take cuttings from them because they grow from bulbs also called tubers. You can get them at a certain time of the year from a greenhouse. I have had this same one for going on six years and it is still going strong *knock on wood*. I have split it up a number of times and have given them all away so other people can enjoy them. You can also get the tubers from reputable retailers online, a friend of mine bought some from Amazon and they did very well. They are really beautiful plants! I am sharing a photograph of my 'Shammy' and one of the tubers :)