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Amaryllidaceae
Field garlic
Allium oleraceum
Also known as Codonoprasum intermedium, Allium virens, Raphione oleracea, Allium complanatum
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Field garlic is a hardy perennial bulb whose slender leaves and bulbils have a mild garlic-onion flavour and can be used as a culinary herb in salads and cooked dishes. It grows well in average, well-drained soil in partial shade and naturalises easily in borders or herb gardens. Plant bulbs in autumn and divide clumps every few years to maintain vigour.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately until soil is moist; allow top inch to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days during growing season; reduce in winter
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7
- Temperature
- -25°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kentucky
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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