rosy-flowered garlic
Also known as: rosy garlic
Perennial bulb, to 60cm tall, producing narrow, grass-like mid-green leaves, and small, loose umbels of pale pink, cup-shaped flowers in summer, often including some bulbils
Scientific classification
- Species
- rosy-flowered garlic (Allium roseum)
- Genus
- Allium
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
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- Toxicity
- Bulbs
- Plant type
- 0.5-1 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 rosy-flowered garlic
Distribution map
Southern Europe, North Africa, Turkey
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Culture
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Toxicity
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Quick identification of rosy-flowered garlic
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rosy-flowered 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, or bulbils, or division of clumps in spring or autumn. 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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