Field garlic

An easily grown plant, it prefers a sunny position in a light well-drained soil. The bulbs should be planted fairly deeply. Seed is rarely if ever produced in Britain. The plant usually produces many small bulbils in the flowering head and these can spread themselves freely around the garden. Grows well with most plants, especially roses, carrots, beet and chamomile, but it inhibits the growth of legumes[18, 20, 54]. This plant is a bad companion for alfalfa, each species negatively affecting the other. Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer. References Carbon Farming Information and Carbon Sequestration Information Temperature Converter Type a value in the Celsius field to convert the value to Fahrenheit: Celsius Fahrenheit: The PFAF Bookshop Plants For A Future have a number of books available in paperback and digital form. Book titles include Edible Plants , Edible Perennials , Edible Trees , Edible Shrubs , Woodland Gardening , and Temperate Food Forest Plants . Our new book is Food Forest Plants For Hotter Conditions (Tropical and Sub-Tropical) . Shop Now

Edible Parts: Flowers Leaves Root Edible Uses: Bulb - raw or cooked[2, 22]. Used as a garlic flavouring in soups etc[12, 105, 115, 177]. The bulbs are 10 - 20mm in diameter. Leaves - raw or cooked. The young leaves are used as a garlic flavouring in soups and stews, but are inferior to that species[2, 61]. Flowers - raw. Used as a garnish on salads. Used mainly as a flavouring in soups and stews. Bulbils - raw or cooked. References More on Edible Uses

Seed - sow spring in a cold frame. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle - if you want to produce clumps more quickly then put three plants in each pot. Grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter and plant them out into their permanent positions in spring once they are growing vigorously and are large enough. Division in spring. Very easy, the plants divide successfully at any time in the growing season and the divisions can be planted straight out into their permanent positions if required. Bulbils can be harvested in late summer and planted out immediately.