wild garlic

[reddyreddy]

this may be a really obvious question but what is wild garlic and can you grow it?  :-\

[reddyreddy]

[Robert_Brenchley]

There are several wild garlics, but the common British one is Ramsons. You can grow it easily, but it's said to seed everywhere so it may not be a good bet for a small garden.

[reddyreddy]

Thanks Robert, I have an allotment so will create a corner for it! Many thanks.

[Duke Ellington]

What time of the year do you harvest wild garlic...if you can find it ? I would love to grow some too!

Duke

[poohs tao]

is wild garlic the same as mountain garlic?

[grawrc]

http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Allium+ursinum

[tonybloke]

why bother? it self-seeds everywhere, needs damp shade, and ain't as strong in flavour as 'normal' garlic!! ;)

[Duke Ellington]

Why? Why not !! sometimes its just nice to try something !!

Duke  :P

[reddyreddy]

Why? Why not !! sometimes its just nice to try something !!

Duke  :P

exactly  :-*

[grawrc]

Logically enough for "wild" garlic, it grows "wild" in my "shrubbery". I've never eaten it though since I have splendid "proper" garlic from my plot.

[tonybloke]

Why? Why not !! sometimes its just nice to try something !!

Duke  :P

you obviously ain't seen the size of the cloves!! (very small and fiddley to peel)

[grawrc]

I think the leaves and flowers are used more often than the bulbs.

[reddyreddy]

Yes, I'm sure it's the leaves and flowers I've seen mentioned in recipes. Oh well, nothing ventured...

[tonybloke]

Yes, I'm sure it's the leaves and flowers I've seen mentioned in recipes. Oh well, nothing ventured...

be sure to let us know how you get on!! (with photo's) ;)

[GodfreyRob]

If you use it for just the leaves they are a great fresh taste in the spring when all else is dead!

[Duke Ellington]

I have been reading up on it and its the leaves and the flowers that are used. Sometimes a mild taste can be nice and its good if you like to use flowers in a salad.

Duke

[Pesky Wabbit]

I grow Wild garlic, although not for eating.

I plant it with blue bells, they flower at the same time and the white and blue are a good combination.

My gardens is just stuffed with blue bells (Spanish, not English  :() and the park down the road has a stream running through it with more garlic growing on the banks than you can shake a stick at.

It works out as a very cheap addition for all the gardens I work in, and the clients like it as they get something stunning (and strongly fragrant) for free.

The cloves can grow upto about 2 inches long but not much more than pencil thickness, a bit like the size of a large bullet, but most are the size of a small bullet.

If anyone wants some, I can go down the park with a fork and get some (under the cover of darkness - obviously  :o)

[phlips66]

a friend has it growing quiet freely in her garden, it gets very little attension and gives a lovely show each year,i have also heard it is quiet favoured by some chefs in their dishes

[manicscousers]

we grow garlic chives, they make a nice addition to salads, plus the flowers are lovely and attract hoverflies  ;D

[JoeCocker]

I grow it in my flower beds and also pick it in the park, its great in the spring in omelette's