Kara Tau garlic
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Bulbous perennial to 25cm in height, with broad, paired, lightly pleated, glaucous green leaves, often margined red and tinged with purple, especially beneath. 50 or more umbels to 8cm across of star-shaped, pinkish-white flowers are produced in summer
Scientific classification
- Species
- Kara Tau garlic (Allium karataviense)
- Genus
- Allium
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
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- Toxicity
- Bulbs
- Plant type
- 0.1-0.5 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 Kara Tau garlic
Distribution map
Central Asia
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Culture
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Toxicity
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Quick identification of Kara Tau garlic
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Kara Tau garlic care guide
- Full soak in growth phase, sharply cut water during winter dormancy
- Watering
- Full sun
- Sunlight
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Watering
Full soak in growth phase, sharply cut water during winter dormancy
Fertilizing
FertilizingMild allium bulb feed applied once pre-spring budding growth
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
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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