Topic: Wild Garlic.... Any one try?

[Lily]

I have a plant that smells of Onions which I thought was Wild Garlic.  It has White Flowers and Round leaves, with thick roots, not bulbs.  It seems to be self seeding all over the place.  Sorry can't take a photo, no digital camera.  Does anyone have any ideas as to what it might be.

[philcooper]

We appear to have the common problem induced by using common names.

Wild garlic is used for more than one plant Allium ursinum and Allium vineale for example. The first has broad leaves and the second fine hollow leaves like chives (or should I say Allium schoenoprasum)

Phil

[aquilegia]

MM - I have that in my garden too. It's an absolute thug. Self seeds everywhere. I'm going around pulling up most of it at the moment.

Two years ago there was a small patch in one corner. Now it's in all my beds. I'd get rid of it if I was you! (and I'm usually quite generous with plants that want to grow in my garden!)

[Merlins Mum]

Oh tell me about it Aqui.  I want it in a few places like under shrubs, but once it flowers I dig up loads and loads.  When I first planted it I thought how nice, particularly as I rather like the smell of garlic but now I'm quite ruthless with it.

MM

[Apple Dumpling]

A few weeks ago on Food Heroes, Rick Stein cooked steamed monkfish with wild garlic and ginger. It looked lovely.

[johcharly]

I've got some Wild Garlic coming in a couple of days, having read these posts I will definately grow in containers!

[MarthaMad]

Well I've potted mine in a sunken plastic tub with a few holes for drainage.

When i checked the other day it seems to be retaining moisture nicely.   And they are really growing.. taste yummy too.. picked a leaf and chopped it into my salad last night. nice little kick!

[Heldi]

I've got some kind of allium in my front garden. It has white globular flower heads and produces hundreds of little bulblets. Aaargh! It drives me mad. Especially as it pops up inbetween my groundcover plants. I'm sick of it. From Phil's description it sounds like it is Allium vineale.  It still grows if the bulbs are on top of the soil and even when they've been left to dry out on the pavement.

[cyrilsquirrel]

Mine is definately the Ramsons one! :)

Let me know if anyone wants any..............

[tim]

Red squirrel, I trust?

So my stuff was Ramsons?? Delicately nice. Sadly, didn't keep in water.