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nettie
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Posted: Mon Apr 20, 09 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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Woodburner wrote: |
otatop wrote: |
Are they what I grow in my garden and know as garlic chives? (Leaves broader than ordinary chives, and with white flowers) |
I don't think so, what I've got has really broad leaves. Like nettie I am confused over it's name, that's why I added 'wild garlic' in brackets. Allium ursinum, for the really technical minded gardeners amongst us.
Garlic chives are Allium tuberosum, and ordinary chives are Allium schoenoprasum.
While we are on the subject of wild garlic, does anyone know why it's not generally cultivated even by 'gyo'ers? |
I reckon it's cos you need rather damp shade to grow them successfully, they seem to be abundant by streams in woodland. I'd love to have them them but we are high and dry here on sandy topsoil with clay underneath. Luckily there are ancient woodlands in walking distance, with a stream running through .
Agree about the garlic chives, I have them too, and they're not the same thing.
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