Oxalis: Strong as an Ox, Sour as a Lemon

There is a certain plant that has remarkable strength.  I always think of an ox when reading about it or hearing its name and for an obvious reason: it’s called oxalis.  Yet the etymology of oxalis h...

Buttercup Oxalis and its Kin

Depending on your perspective, when you pass by a certain house on Rhodes Avenue in Studio City, you may see absolute neglect, the height of simplicity in a brilliant garden design, or God’s ha...