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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: 2 feet
Plant Spread: 1 foot
Leaves: Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Culinary Herb
Will Naturalize
Dynamic Accumulator: K (Potassium)
Ca (Calcium)
Na (Sodium)
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Other methods: Bulbs
Pollinators: Bees
Various insects

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Common names
  • Elephant Garlic
  • Wild Leek
  • Yorktown Onion
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Allium ampeloprasum
  • Synonym: Allium kurrat
  • Synonym: Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii
  • Synonym: Allium ampeloprasum var. bulbiferum
  • Synonym: Allium babingtonii
  • Synonym: Allium leucanthum

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Location: Northeastern, Texas Date: 2013-06-17 Note the 'Bulbils' which are seed-like growths often found at the
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon Date: 2013-04-30 Actually, a cross section of the base near the roots.
Location: Jacksonville, TX Date: 2015-06-02
Location: My garden Date: 2017-04-08
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon Date: 2013-04-29
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon Date: 2013-04-28
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon Date: 2013-04-30 Not exactly seedlings, but little offsets of mother plant, found
Location: Ingleside. Illinois Date: 2022-05-08
Location: My garden Date: 2017-04-08
Location: Botanical Garden Copenhagen Date: 2017-04-08
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon Date: 2013-04-28
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Date: 2017-10-10
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX Date: 2015-05-08
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Location: Northeastern, Texas Date: 2013-06-26 mature garlic bulb harvested in June
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX Date: 2015-04-21
Location: Northeastern, Texas Date: 2013-05-02
Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissio
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Location: Northeastern, Texas Date: 2013-05-29
Location: Jacksonville, TX Date: 2015-05-04
Location: San Antonio, TX Date: May 10 2005
Location: San Antonio, TX Date: May 10 2005
Location: My Property Sunset Zone 23 Fallbrook California Date: 2013-03-09 Thiis is self sown on the property, some 20 years after I was gr
Location: Jacksonville, TX Date: 2015-05-19
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