With St. Patrick’s Day approaching, grocery stores and nurseries will be selling “shamrocks." As someone of Irish descent, I ...

This eye-catching plant produces small white to pink flowers. Its leaves may be green, variegated or deep maroon. While true shamrock has a fibrous root system, many oxalis species produce tubers ...

With March now upon us, St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner. But Leprechauns, green beer and pots of gold aside, there is another traditional symbol associated with the ...

AD, 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 small, three-leafed plant to ...

If you’ve ever seen a floral display around St. Patrick’s Day, then you’ve likely seen an Oxalis triangularis plant in all ...

What is a true “Shamrock”? The true Irish Shamrock (Seamog in Gaelic, summer plant) is Trifolium repens, commonly known as white clover. This tri-leafed plant grows wild throughout Ireland ...