Oxalis violacea Battle of the Bands Salvia Ever thought about having a

Ever thought about having a "gin and tonic" in your garden

While Trachelospermum asiaticum is often seen climbing trees in the wild

The 50" tall clumps are topped in mid-June with huge dark blue-purple flowers

it doesn't smell like lilacs) flowers

white tubular flowers in late April (NC)

Oxalis violacea Battle of the Bands Salvia Ever thought about having aOxalis violacea 'Battle of the Bands' is our 2000 collection of the lovely US native Oxalis violacea from Polk County, Tennessee. We've traveled through the US for decades looking for exceptional leaf forms of Oxalis violacea, which can vary from solid green to purple patterns, and this is one of our best. Oxalis 'Battle of the Bands' is a tight clumping form with lovely dark purple bands around the leaf edges. In April (NC), light lavender flowers