Allium ursinum
Wild garlic, Ramsons wild garlic
Allium Allium
A. ursinum - A. ursinum is an edible, bulbous, perennial groundcover with linear, green leaves appearing in midwinter. It has white flowers in spring and then dies down in early summer.
Allium ursinum is: Deciduous
Foliage has a strong garlic fragrance
Erect, Spreading
White in Spring
Green in Spring; Green in Winter
Pest free, may suffer from slugs on new growth.
Onion rot Onion rot
No pruning required.
Division, Seed
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Allium ursinum (Wild garlic) will reach a height of 0.6m and a spread of 0.5m after 2-5 years.
Add to salads, Architectural, Beds and borders, Cottage/Informal, Flavouring food and drinks, Flower Arranging, Gravel
Grow in fertile, moist but well-drained soil. Add grit to clay soils to improve drainage.
Chalky, Clay, Loamy, Sandy (will tolerate most soil types)
Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Partial Shade
South, East, West
Sheltered
Hardy (H4)
We do not currently have companion plants added for this plant.
Allium ursinum
Wild garlic, Ramsons wild garlic
Allium Allium
A. ursinum - A. ursinum is an edible, bulbous, perennial groundcover with linear, green leaves appearing in midwinter. It has white flowers in spring and then dies down in early summer.
Deciduous
Foliage has a strong garlic fragrance
Erect, Spreading
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White in Spring
Green in Spring; Green in Winter
Pest free, may suffer from slugs on new growth.
No pruning required.
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Allium ursinum (Wild garlic) will reach a height of 0.6m and a spread of 0.5m after 2-5 years.
Add to salads, Architectural, Beds and borders, Cottage/Informal, Flavouring food and drinks, Flower Arranging, Gravel
Grow in fertile, moist but well-drained soil. Add grit to clay soils to improve drainage.
Chalky, Clay, Loamy, Sandy (will tolerate most soil types)
Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Partial Shade
South, East, West
Sheltered
Hardy (H4)
Zone 10, Zone 9, Zone 8, Zone 7, Zone 6, Zone 5, Zone 4
Allium ursinum (Wild garlic)
allium leaf miner
Phytomyza gymnostoma
Insect
Present (Limited)
3
3
Pest of Allium already present in UK and spreading; previous consultation supported awareness raising only; industry should prepare for the event of findings in commercial crops.
Allium ursinum (Wild garlic)
Asain cotton leafworm; Cluster caterpillar; Fall armyworm; Rice cutworm; Taro caterpiller; Tobacco budworm; Tobacco caterpillar; Tobacco cutworm; Tobacco leaf caterpillar
Spodoptera litura
Insect
Absent
3
3
Regulated pest; frequently intercepted with occasional outbreaks which have been successfully eradicated in the UK.
Allium ursinum (Wild garlic)
Sugarbeet webworm; Weevil; Australian tomato; Weevil; vegetable
Listroderes costirostris
Insect
Absent
2
3
Awareness needs to be maintained due to the risk of entry as a 'hitchhiker' and monitoring of the pest in countries where it is known to be present.
Our plants are under greater threat than ever before. There is increasing movement of plants and other material traded from an increasing variety of sources. This increases the chances of exotic pests arriving with imported goods and travellers, as well as by natural means. Shoot is working with Defra to help members to do their part in preventing the introduction and spread of invasive risks.
Traveling or importing plants? Please read "Don't risk it" advice here
Suspected outbreak? Click here for contact details to report to the relevant authority.
Date updated: 7th March 2019 For more information visit: https://planthealthportal.defra.gov.uk/
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Soil pH: | Acid, Alkaline, Neutral | Tell us... |
Light: | Partial Shade | Tell us... |
Aspect: | South, East, West | Tell us... |
Exposure: | Sheltered | Tell us... |
Hardiness: | Hardy (H4) | Tell us... |
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