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eefeedee
Posted 20/04/2010

I'm looking to identify and then source a plant that always grew in my granny's garden when I was younger. It's like a low scrub, it had leaves a bit like big clovers. It had these brightish pink flowers on it . We used to pick a leaves & stem and then you dragged the stem between your teeth and this bitter sour juice came out. Does anyone know what this plant was? dying to get some for nostalgia....

BrunoCork
Posted 11/06/2010

I think this may be Pink Sorrell (Oxalis articulata)

I haven't seen any in years, but similarly to you, when I was a child my friends and I would suck the juicey sap from the stems.

Bruno

garygardener27
Posted 17/07/2010

Red Clover latin name — Trifolium pratense is what i think you are looking for.
you can get it in Lusks Garden Centre, Killyon , HIll-of-Down, Co.Meath. They won Plant Centre of the year at bord bia awards this year. ----- Hope this helps
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sanabria
Posted 06/08/2010

You'd be a lunatic to put it in your garden, grow it in a pot if you have to have it at all and don't let it seed.

Sanabria

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