yellow garlic
Also known as: golden-flowered garlic; lily leek; moly; sorcerer's garlic; yellow onion
Vigorous bulbous perennial producing short-lived, narrow, strap-shaped grey-green basal leaves to 12cm long, usually produced in pairs, and clusters of bright yellow, upward facing star-shaped flowers on stems to 25cm tall, appear in summer
Scientific classification
- Species
- yellow garlic (Allium moly)
- 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 yellow garlic
Distribution map
Europe, Northwestern Africa
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Culture
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Toxicity
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Quick identification of yellow garlic
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yellow 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, sowing in containers in a cold frame when just ripe or in the spring and by division of clumps in spring. See bulb propagation
Growing
GrowingGrow in full sun and a 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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