light blue garlic
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Bulbous perennial about 50-60cm tall, with dainty, very slender grey-green leaves and dense flowerheads, 2cm in width, composed of green-veined, violet-blue flowers in late spring and early summer
Scientific classification
- Species
- light blue garlic (Allium caesium)
- Genus
- Allium
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
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- Toxicity
- Bulbs
- Plant type
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Height
- 0-0.1 metre
- 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 light blue garlic
Distribution map
Central Asia
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Culture
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Toxicity
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Quick identification of light blue garlic
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light blue garlic care guide
- Moist soil during active growth, then reduce watering after foliage yellows
- Watering
- Full sun
- Sunlight
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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, other than to remove old flowered stems and foliage
Propagation
PropagationPropagate 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
Growing
GrowingGrow 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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Common pests and diseases
Diseases
Susceptible to onion white rot and a downy mildew
Pests
Susceptible to allium leaf miner and onion fly
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