Several years ago, we gave our friends, Lois and Gene in Richmond, a purple shamrock. The green shamrock is very common – a purple shamrock is much more rare. Lois cared for the shamrock through the years until it grew to a magnificent specimen. When we were making plans to go to Florida for the winter, Ken asked Lois if she would give us three starter plants from the “mother” shamrock for his daughters in Florida. Lois rooted and nurtured three nice starter plants. We had put the pants in the stairwell of our motorhome on one of those cold Florida nights. I accidentally stepped on one of them and knocked off a few leaves. Ken took the bulb from the plant I broke and planted it in our pot of basil and took root.
It’s been almost three months since the “rooting”. For the first month and a half, the leaves were just trying to survive and develop a root system. Recently they really began to grow!! The basil is long gone, but here is the thriving purple shamrock.
I thought it would be fun to share it with you, so we can all follow the growth of the Purple Shamrock!!!
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