Leek

Leek moth caterpillars are creamy-white with brown heads and small legs
Larvae of the leaf-mining fly are white, headless maggots with no legs
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Leek
Scientific Name: Allium porrum L.
Synonym: Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum
Family: Alliaceae ...

Leek
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.

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Leeks develop excellent flowerheads if they are allowed a second year of growth.

Wild Leek (Ramps)
Allium tricoccum
Wild leek has broadly lance-shaped leaves that wither away before the flowers bloom. Both leaves and flowers smell like onions.

Bago Leek Orchid - profile
Scientific name: Prasophyllum bagoensis
Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
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Onion, Leek, Shallot & Garlic
Prepared by Karen Russ, HGIC Horticulture Specialist & Bob Polomski Extension Consumer Horticulturist, Clemson University. (New 11/99. Revised 04/03. Image added 01/09.)
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( G W Leek Tulip )
This tulip bears solitary, geranium-red flowers on sturdy upright stems which have several leaves. The tulip has been the favored spring bulb for centuries.

Round-headed leek
Allium sphaerocephalon
Genus: Allium
Species: sphaerocephalon ...

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Liliaceae / Lily Wild Leek (Allium tricoccum)
Wild Leek is also known as Ramp. ...

Allium moly and cvs. (Golden garlic, Lily leek)
Photo/Illustration: Jennifer Benner
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BJ's Leek Soup
On cold winter days this spicy cream of leek soup is a delicious way to warm up. For a summertime treat serve as vichyssoise: chill in the refrigerator and serve cold topped with sour cream and garnished with chives.
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Leek cultivars fall into two broad categories. The less hardy short-season leeks are planted in the spring for harvest during the summer and early fall.

Leek
The leek, Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum (L.), also sometimes known as Allium porrum, is a vegetable which belongs, along with the onion and garlic, to the Alliaceae family.

Mushroom, Leek and Chicken Soup with Peas and Lemon Thyme
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Potato and Leek Soup
Simple ingredients make a soup that's simply delicious - a perfect starter course for any occasion.
Potato Salad with Ham ...

The Golden Lily Leek or flowering onion naturalizes both by producing offsets & self-seeding. It will colonize an area without being invasive.

Family:
Lily Leek
Family:
Alliaceae (alternatively Liliaceae)
Description:
Lily Leek is a yellow-flowering ornamental onion that can naturalize over an area with time by a combination of self-sowing and bulb offsets.

Sainfoin, Salad Burnet, Saltmarsh Flat Sedge, Saltmarsh Rush, Sand Catchfly, Sand Catstail, Sand Couch, Sand Crocus, Sand Leek, Sand Sedge, Sand Spurrey, Sanicle, Saw-wort, Scarlet Pimpernel, Scented Mayweed, Scentless Mayweed, Scorched Alpine Sedge, ...

The fleshy leaves are often reduced to a more or less cylindrical structure, as in the stonecrops (Sedum), or form closely crowded rosettes as in the house-leek (Sempervivum).

Golden garlic, lily leek (Allium moly)
Hosta, plantain lily (Hosta species)
Kaffir lily (Clivia miniata)
Labrador violet, sweet violet, English violet (Viola labradorica, Viola odorata)
Lily (Lilium species)
Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis) ...

Nombres relacionados: Ajo porro (castellano), Alho porro (gallego y/o portugués), Dungali (hindi), Garden leek (inglés), Kânda (hindi), Leek (inglés), Liliaceae (familia), Platandu (sánscrito), Porree (alemán), Puerro (castellano), ...

The origin of Cowslip is obscure: it has been suggested that it is a corruption of 'Cow's Leek,' leek being derived from the Anglo-Saxon word leac, meaning a plant (comp. Houseleek).

Clover, Chive, Garlic, Leek, Nasturtium, Southernwood, Daffodils, Comfrey
Cedar because of apple-cedar rust.
Walnut because its roots produce growth inhibitors that apple trees are sensitive to[2] ...

Golden garlic and lily leek are more subtle. Their bright yellow flowers in open clusters on ten-inch stems add a delicate touch to June gardens.

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...

Its overwintering basal leaves appear in autumn, arranged in a leek-like stalk. The flowering stem has twisted, lance shaped leaves arranged in a spiral or scattered around the stem.

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Allium schoenoprasum has been around for 5,000 years, but it was not until the Middle Ages that chives became cultivated. The name, schoenoprasum, comes from the Greek language and means reed-like leek. Indeed, these herbs look like reeds.

Alata) - A beautiful bulbous kind with fine large blossoms, the ground color delicate lilac-blue, with showy blotches of bright yellow, copiously spotted with a darker hue. The foliage, which appears with the flowers, much resembles that of a Leek.

See also: Garlic, Green, May, Onion, Allium moly