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Wordless Wednesday: Society Garlic
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what a lovely picture
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Thanks, Helen. This is the first one to bloom this year.
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Aha! I’ve had this plant/flower in white and thought it was wild garlic but couldn’t find a good picture. This convinces it must have been wild garlic! Thanks!
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I’m not aware of a white one, but if it is an pretty as this one, you have a winner.
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Where is this growing? I’ve not heard of Society Garlic…love it’s lilac hue. And does it bare fragrance?
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I planted seven divisions last fall; all have come up, and now just started to bloom. It’s my first experience with them after having them in pots last summer. They are making a nice low border where I planted them (much like a green liriope). I wasn’t sure if they would be hardy, but at least this year they have done ok. It has enough fragrance that it is purported to deter deer. We shall see.
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The deer don’t like them???? I’m interested! I’m in a wooded area and constantly looking for deer resistant bloomers. Keep us posted about this please….and thanks for sharing.
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Alas. See me next post.
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Do deer eat Society Garlic? It’s such a beautiful plant, but maybe that garlic odor will deter them.
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I can’t speak from personal experience yet (this is my first year with them), but the”literature” says it will deter deer. Time will tell. I am hopeful.
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Beautiful pic John – I’ve never heard that common name before! It’s fun – are Tulbaghia social plants!?
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They say they are called “society” in that you can eat them without bad breath.
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Ahh … I understand now!
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Beautiful, and such an evocative name. Makes me think of men in tuxedos making spaghetti sauce in the kitchen.
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Thanks, Jason. They are new to me and I’m taken with them…so far.
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