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Wild garlic

mnewman99mnewman99 Posts: 1
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Hello, we are looking to lay a lawn and put a new patio on our garden. However we have wild garlic and bluebells that come up every year. Whilst they are attractive to look at the do seem to invade and multiply every year. Any ideas how to remove them permanently? We will keep some bulbs in pots.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    The ‘wild garlic’ is Allium triquetrum aka Three-cornered Leek, and if you find a way of getting it out of a mixed herbaceous border I’d be glad to hear it 😡 

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  • IlikeplantsIlikeplants Posts: 894
    I’ve just planted it right at the back in the wild area and a small area of far border. I think that’s far enough from my mixed borders. I think it can reproduce by seeds too so keeping it in pots might not stop it spreading. If it looks pretty and can be pulled before it seeds much like bluebells and grape hyacinths then it’s probably going to be as controlled as it can be. It all disappears by summer though.
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    edited May 2022
    Hello @mnewman99 and welcome to the forum. The UK wild garlic is Allium ursinum or Ramsons and shouldn't be confused with Allium triquetrum. It is incredibly invasive but all parts are edible.
    It is an offence to plant Allium triquetrum in this country. There are lots of pictures of both species online so that you can differentiate between them but as Dove says, if you find a way of ridding yourself of it there will be a lot of people who would be very happy to hear what you do.

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