Allium sativum
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Allium sativum, Garlic
Family: Alliaceae
Genus: Allium
White or pink flowers. Lanced shaped, green, garlic flavoured leaves. The bulb is made of of several cloves, which can vary in colour from white to pink. Culinary; the leaves and cloves are edible. Use with meat and vegetable dishes.
Want to learn more? Read Jekka’s blog all about Alliums.
Characteristics:
• Hardiness: H5 (-10 to -15C)
• Type: Perennial
• Height: 40-60cm
• Spread: 10cm
Garlic is available to buy as herb plants.
Details
• Aspect: Sun
• Soil type: Sand, Light Loam, Free Draining
• pH: Universal pH
• Habit: Bulb
• Flowering colour: White, Pink
• Flowering time: Summer
• Uses: Culinary & Medicinal (Read Jekka’s Guide To Culinary Herbs and Medicinal Herbs for more information)
• Attracts pollinators: No
• Container suitability: Yes
• UK native: No
• Caution: N/A
Growing
• Grown from seed: No
• Propagation: N/A
• Maintenance: (See Jekka’s Blogs on Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer and Autumn maintenance)
• Harvest: Ease bulbs from ground when leaves die down and lose their greenness (mid-late summer). Dry in the sun for a few days (indoors if a chance of rain). Hang in a string bag, or plait into a garlic string. Store somewhere cool and airy.
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