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Garlic Mustard
Alliaria petiolata
Garlic mustard was introduced from Europe. In this country, it is a terrible weed -- it grows in thick clumps that crowd out native plants.

 


Garlic
Garlic 'Solent Wight'
Genus: Garlic
Cultivar: 'Solent Wight' ...

Garlic Mustard
Characteristics
With large triangular leaves this plant is seen in hedges and verges in early spring. The white flowers appear on the tips of the stems and later it has long seed pods.

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Garlic Chives
(Allium tuberosum)
A hardy perennial plant, garlic chives (Chinese Chives, Nira) are commonly used as a herb in stir-fry cooking . The flat, dark green, grass-like leaves have a flavour somewhere between garlic and onion.

Garlic is planted from bulb segments (cloves), so break up the bulb carefully into individual segments prior to planting
Make sure that the cloves are planted the right way up: the flatter basal plate should be facing downwards ...

Benefits of Garlic
Garlic is a plant native to Africa and central Asia. It was discovered and used by the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Jews, Greeks and Romans. Garlic earned a renowned place in the modern natural medicine.

Brassicaceae / Mustard Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
Plant Type: This is a non-native herbaceous plant, it is a biennial which can reach 100cm in height (39inches).
Leaves: The leaves are alternate.

Garlic
A bulbous plant consisting of single head containing smaller bulbs or cloves individually wrapped in papery skins, which are all wrapped tightly together with another layer of dry papery skin, forming the bulb head.

Garlic
Garlic information
Garlic - Allium sativa (in the Liliaceae or Lily family) ...

Garlic
Garlic differs from onion in that its bulb is composed of about 10 cloves arranged inside a papery bulb cover.

German Garlic
Easy to grow, edible members of this diverse family include Onions, Garlic, Shallots, Leeks, Green Onions and Chives. Leaves grow best in cool weather and moist soil. Mature Onions, Garlic and Shallots form bulbs in summer.

Garlic mustard also poses a threat to one of our rare native insects, the West Virginia white butterfly (Pieris virginiensis).

Garlic plants like to be deep in the soil. Cover each clove with up to two inches of soil; three to four inches for elephant garlic. Mulch is highly recommended after planting.

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Garlic chives, Chinese chives (Allium tuberosum)
Golden garlic, lily leek (Allium moly)
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Meadow garlic's oniony odor is especially pronounced after the road maintenance crews have mowed the right of way. Meadow garlic flowers in the spring.

Golden Garlic
Scientific Name: Allium moly Linn.
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This is a very handsome plant when in flower. It has thick, lush foliage and rounded lilac flower heads come towards the end of summer and go on into early autumn.

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Relatives of edible onions many are ornamental, hardy and sun loving. These include garlic and leeks. They are all found in the Northern Hemisphere.

Society Garlic
Description
Tulbaghia violacea is a fast growing plant that forms clumps reaching 30 inches in height. This plant grows well in dry circumstances and makes a good rock garden or container plant.

Tulbaghia violacea 'Silver Lace', or Variegated Society Garlic, is a perennial plant with narrow, up to 12 inch (30 cm) long leaves. The leaves arise from a rhizome that creeps underground to form clumps up to 24 inches (60 cm) wide.

Allium moly and cvs. (Golden garlic, Lily leek)
Photo/Illustration: Jennifer Benner
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There are two types of chives. The first and most popular has a mild, onion-like flavor. The Garlic Chive has a slightly stronger garlic flavor.

Allium is the Greek name for garlic and tuberosum refers to the rhizome, which is tuberous.

Garlic
With a strong, pungent flavor, garlic is prized for its wide and indispensable use as a kitchen herb.
About This Plant
You can buy garlic bulbs or sets from garden stores or mail-order sources.

Garlic
Allium sativum
MEDICINAL: Garlic is a powerful natural antibiotic. It can stimulate cell growth and activity. It reduces blood pressure in hypertensive conditions.

Garlic chives
Allium tuberosum
Garlic chives adds a mild zing to soups, meats, and other dishes. It tastes a bit more like garlic than chives or onions, making it a versatile herb in the kitchen.

Garlic Allium tubersum (Perennial) Culinary. Flat leaves, white flowers. Mild garlic flavor. 1' ...

Garlic
Allium sativum
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Garlic. Herb. Good natural insecticide plant.
Gazania uniflora. Gazania. A groundcover with a nice daisy-like flower that withstands wind and salt very well here. Tolerant of poor soil and excellent ground cover. Native of South Africa.

Golden garlic (A. moly)
Dense umbels of bright golden yellow flowers adorn 30-centimetre-tall stems, with blue-green leaves; this southern European native flowers in June.

Garlic mustard has been little used in herbal medicine[268]. The leaves and stems are antiasthmatic, antiscorbutic, antiseptic, deobstruent, diaphoretic, vermifuge and vulnerary[4, 7].

Garlic Mustard
Alliaria petiolata (Alliaria officinalis)
Introduced. An erect, invasive plant,, sometimes slightly branched, with kidney-shaped to triangular leaves and white flowers clustered at stem tips. Flowers: About 1/4" (6 mm) long; petals 4.

Garlic contains compounds that are antibacterial, antifungal and reduce blood clotting. In order for the active ingredient that gives garlic its characteristic odor and its therapeutic effects to be released, the garlic clove must be cut or crushed.

Garlic requires a period of cold before the growing season to produce large, tasty cloves. Planting garlic at the right time is critical to growing an abundant crop. Plant at the wrong time and the…
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Garlic chives are herbaceous perennials grown for their excellent flavor and attractiveness as garden specimens.
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The garlicy odor of the leaves is said to repell insects, so that this plant could be placed around the base of shrubs susceptible to insect attack. I have some doubts it is really much of a repellant; pollinators at least are not offended by it.

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we have a garlic vine now flowering it is about 6 months old
HI, I also want to know. Is it the same flower as called Parul. If anybody knows anything about this flower, please let me know whatever you know abt this flower.

Im englischen garlic (altenglisch gÄrlÄ"ac) bedeutet das erste Element „Speer“; es ist urverwandt mit gothisch gaar und dem alten deutschen Wort Ger, das heute nur noch als Bestandteil von Vornamen (etwa meinem eigenen) Bedeutung hat; ...

Marjoram, Tarragon, Garlic and Sage will grow to around 45cm (18in) and will provide a decorative display with their varied leaf shapes. There is Sage with deep purple leaves and one with variegated leaves as well as the more common green Sage.

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Crateva adansonii (Garlic Pear Tree, Three-leaf Caper, Obtuse Leaf Crateva, Family: Capparidaceae)
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Garlic spray (soak 3 oz (85 g) of whole unpeeled garlic in mineral oil for 24 hours and add 1 pint (600 ml) of water in which a bar of soap has been dissolved; strain, dilute by five times, and spray) will work if it is eaten -it is not a contact ...

General: perennial herb with an onion- or garlic-like odor,
flowering stem 20-60 cm tall, flattened and narrowly winged
toward the top. Bulbs elongate, mostly less than 1 cm
thick, at the end of a thick rhizome.

Tulbaghias hail from southern Africa where they are known as ‘wild garlic' because their leaves give off a garlicky or oniony smell when crushed. Don't let this put you off, however.

Allium moly 'Jeannine' (Perennial Jeannine Golden Garlic)
(aka: Allium luteum) This fantastic selection of the southern European golden garlic was made by Antoine and Michael Hoog in 1978 while trekking in the Spanish Pyrenees.

PLANT DESCRIPTION: This perennial (fig. 39), a close relative of wild garlic (but without the smell), reproduces mostly by clumps of bulbs. The central flower stem grows 4 to 12 inches long.

Aceite esencial (0,2-0,3%): garlicina, aliína o sulfóxido de alilcisteína (1%), que es hidrolizada por la aliinasa produciendo alicina (responsable del olor característico del ajo), ...

Common name: `Society Garlic`.
History: Linnaeus first documented Tulbaghia in 1771. It was never widely grown in gardens due to the scent of garlic that it emits.

I mean, have you read the entry on garlic? It can only just restrain itself from calling garlic filthy foreign muck! I'm changing that, and soon. The framework is something we can use but we need to encourage work on the entries.

Description:
Variegated Society Garlic has sweetly scented flowers on neat, compact plants.
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"Alli" is the classical Latin name for garlic and onion plants.
See also pink Allium.
Allium macropetalum(Onion)
Synonym: Alliaceae (Onion Family). Liliaceae (Lily Family).

Onion - plant of the family Liliaceae of the same genus garlic leek and shallot no longer found wild, is a biennial now grown in many varieties throughout the world as a table vegetable. Common varieties...

In 1892 Willie Gebhardt from New Braunfels, Texas, perfected chili powder made from dried chilies, oregano, cumin and garlic.

of the petal to reduce bitterness.) Nasturtium Calendula Borage (a good blue color) Dianthus/Pinks Open pollinated Broccoli Radish (white, pink, lavender) Squash Purple Podded Pea Scarlet Runner Beans Hyacinth Bean Alliums - leeks, chives, garlic, ...

Best culinary varieties: Chives (A. schoenoprasum); all zones. Chinese or garlic chives (A. tuberosum); zones 1-24, H1-H2.
Growing tip: Increase the number of plants by dividing in winter every two years or so.

Allium ursinum (Bear Garlic)
Allium flavum
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(Cruciferae) -- This member of the mustard family was imported to the US along with many relatives; watercress, horseradish, and garlic mustard among them.

See also: Green, Onion, May, Orange, Pink