blue-flowered garlic

How to Grow and Care for blue-flowered garlic

blue-flowered garlic · Allium caeruleum
Also known as: azure-flowered garlic

Grow in full sun and fertile well-drained soil. It is best to grow in containers where garden soil is heavy clay and prone to saturation over winter. See allium cultivation

Watering: Moist soil during active growth, then reduce watering after foliage yellowsSunlight: Full sunInformation to be completed

Planting and Growing blue-flowered garlic

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Care difficulty2 / 5
Watering scheduleMoist soil during active growth, then reduce watering after foliage yellows
Sunlight requirementsFull sun
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Soil typeChalk · Loam · Sand
Soil pHAcid · Alkaline · Neutral
Soil moistureMoist but well drained · Well drained
FertilizingLight bulb fertilizer at emergence and again after flowering
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Care Tips

Grow in full sun and fertile well-drained soil. It is best to grow in containers where garden soil is heavy clay and prone to saturation over winter. See allium cultivation

How to Water blue-flowered garlic?

Moist soil during active growth, then reduce watering after foliage yellows

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What Are the Sunlight Requirements for blue-flowered garlic?

Full sun

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What Is the Ideal Temperature Range for blue-flowered garlic?

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What Soil Is Best for blue-flowered garlic?

Soil type
Chalk · Loam · Sand
Soil pH
Acid · Alkaline · Neutral
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What Are the Moisture Requirements for blue-flowered garlic?

Moist but well drained · Well drained

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How to Fertilize blue-flowered garlic?

Light bulb fertilizer at emergence and again after flowering

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How to Prune blue-flowered garlic?

No pruning required, other than to remove old flowered stems and foliage

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How to Propagate blue-flowered garlic?

Propagate by seed when just ripe or in spring; or propagate by offsets which can be carefully detached by lifting the bulb after flowering has finished. See bulb propagation

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How to Transplant blue-flowered garlic?

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How to Care for blue-flowered garlic in Winter?

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How to Plant blue-flowered garlic?

Grow in full sun and fertile well-drained soil. It is best to grow in containers where garden soil is heavy clay and prone to saturation over winter. See allium cultivation

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How to Repot blue-flowered garlic?

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How to Harvest blue-flowered garlic?

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Common Pests & Diseases

Diseases

May be susceptible to onion white rot, and onion downy mildew

Pests

May be susceptible to allium leaf miner and onion fly

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The Toxicity of blue-flowered garlic

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Attributes of blue-flowered garlic

Plant typeBulbs
Height0.5-1 metres
Spread0-0.1 metre
FoliageDeciduous
HabitClump forming
OriginSiberia, Turkestan

Scientific Classification

Species
Allium caeruleum
Genus
Allium
Family
Amaryllidaceae
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