Levant garlic
Also known as: blue leek; elephant garlic; great-headed garlic; kurrat; pearl onion; vine leek; wild leek
Blooms in summer with flower buds held in papery capsules opening to spherical umbels of small, tightly-packed, pale purple flowers on stems to a height of around 1m. Wide blade-like grey-green leaves
Scientific classification
- Species
- Levant garlic (Allium ampeloprasum)
- Genus
- Allium
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
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- Toxicity
- Bulbs
- Plant type
- 0.5-1 metres
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- Deciduous
- Foliage
- Clump forming
- Habit
- Spring · Summer
- Season of interest
- Full sun
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
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Distribution of Levant garlic
Distribution map
Southern Europe, Caucasus, Iran, Turkey, North Africa
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Culture
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Toxicity
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Quick identification of Levant garlic
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Levant garlic care guide
- Moist soil during active growth, then reduce watering after foliage yellows
- Watering
- Full sun
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
Watering
Moist soil during active growth, then reduce watering after foliage yellows
Fertilizing
FertilizingLight bulb fertilizer at emergence and again after flowering
Pruning
PruningNo pruning required
Propagation
PropagationPropagate by seed, sowing in containers in a cold frame when just ripe or in the spring
Growing
GrowingEasy to grow wild leek in fertile well-drained soil in full sun. Add grit when grown in clay soils to improve drainage. See allium cultivation
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Common pests and diseases
Diseases
Onion white rot and a downy mildew may occur
Pests
Generally pest-free
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