Wild garlic (Allium ursinum) — wild of deciduous woods, carpeting the ground in April and smelling of garlic at a touch. A shade perennial that vanishes entirely in summer. Leaves are picked in April, before flowering, for pesto, green butter and soups.
Botanical name: Allium ursinum
Sowing: direct in the ground
Spacing: 15 cm between plants, 20 cm between rows
Germination: needs cold stratification; sow in autumn, emerges the following spring
Height: 20–40 cm
Contents: 0.2 g
| Life cycle | Perennial |
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