Christophii for me; they are amazing....so big! Garlic chives
ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_tuberosum
is another one that I like. It flowers late, August and September after the others have all finished. It's flowering now in my garden and you can use the leaves in cooking.
Based in Sussex, I garden to encourage as many birds to my garden as possible.
I saw Spider recently - agreed it looks mad but fun! Is perennial leek different to Elephant garlic, which I think is actually a leek?!
I love my garlic chives, but not tried Welsh onion, although I've got perennial spring onions - not sure of their actual name as they were given to me kindly by a fellow allotmenteer
Hi Kaymay - I like Miami a lot - looks very similar to atropurpureum. What's honey garlic please?
Yes Redwing, I agree - garlic chives are awesome. Their flat leaves have a lovely subtle garlic flavour and they're great in salads, or I use them in curry bases.
Hi Hostafan,
Yes, Schubertii is a lovely allium. I think it's available online from Sarah Raven, Crocus and JParkers at the moment. Might add that one to the list - thanks
Yes it's more like a walking onion. Have a look for Babington's leek.
Have you been on the agroforestry research trust website? They describe (and sometimes sell) quite a few perennial alliums, including 'golden garlic' and 'daffodil garlic' neither of which I've tried yet but they are on the list
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Yes, it's a fascinating read and Stephen also has a facebook group called 'Edimentals' if you are on Facebook.
Hi Will - great choices - the lovely thing about Sphaerocephalon is the density with which you can plant them so you get a really fabulous drift of late colour
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Christophii for me; they are amazing....so big! Garlic chives
ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_tuberosum
is another one that I like. It flowers late, August and September after the others have all finished. It's flowering now in my garden and you can use the leaves in cooking.
I love Allium Schubertii, but I've not seen it for sale for ages.
I had it in my last garden, but not here.
Hi Raisingirl
I saw Spider recently - agreed it looks mad but fun! Is perennial leek different to Elephant garlic, which I think is actually a leek?!
I love my garlic chives, but not tried Welsh onion, although I've got perennial spring onions - not sure of their actual name as they were given to me kindly by a fellow allotmenteer
Hi Kaymay - I like Miami a lot - looks very similar to atropurpureum. What's honey garlic please?
Yes Redwing, I agree - garlic chives are awesome. Their flat leaves have a lovely subtle garlic flavour and they're great in salads, or I use them in curry bases.
Hi Hostafan,
Yes, Schubertii is a lovely allium. I think it's available online from Sarah Raven, Crocus and JParkers at the moment. Might add that one to the list - thanks
Yes it's more like a walking onion. Have a look for Babington's leek.
Have you been on the agroforestry research trust website? They describe (and sometimes sell) quite a few perennial alliums, including 'golden garlic' and 'daffodil garlic' neither of which I've tried yet but they are on the list
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Thanks, yes I have - that's Martin Crawford's forest garden website? But I haven't looked at their allium pages - I'll go and have a look. Thanks ?
Have you read Steven Barstow's book on edimentals - Around the World in 80 Plants?
It's a really interesting read - I've reviewed it here
https://dogwooddays.net/2017/02/19/book-review-around-the-world-in-80-plants/
as I enjoyed it so much. ☺
No, haven't seen that book - it looks great - thank you
. I may have to acquire that one
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
If I had to pick one, it would be Christophii. Next year I'm also trying Purple Sensation and Sphaerocephalon though.
Yes, it's a fascinating read and Stephen also has a facebook group called 'Edimentals' if you are on Facebook.
Hi Will - great choices - the lovely thing about Sphaerocephalon is the density with which you can plant them so you get a really fabulous drift of late colour