Oxalis, or the false shamrock’s (Oxalis triangularis) dramatic dark purple leaves and sprays of starry white or pale pink flowers will make a striking statement in any houseplant collection. While the ...

Every St. Patrick’s Day, many stores sell a plant called the "false shamrock". As the name suggests, this plant (Oxalis) is not a shamrock, but an easily grown houseplant that does resemble the ...

Can't find a lucky four-leaf clover in the yard? Bring a whole pot filled with them — or, at least, their look-a-likes — into your house with the charm of a shamrock plant (Oxalis spp.). These plants ...

Purple shamrock, also known as false shamrock, is a unique plant with deep purple, nearly black foliage that looks like fluttering butterflies. Its triangular leaves grow in threes and fold up like an ...

In the year 432 A.D., a missionary who earlier assumed the name Patricius, arrived in Ireland with the objective of converting the Celtic Irish to Christianity. Legend has it that he used a ...

(WHTM) – If you’re looking to extend your St. Patrick’s Day celebration beyond March 17 consider growing a shamrock plant. The “shamrock plant” that grows indoors is not the original Irish shamrock.