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Allium angulosum (Mouse garlic)

Other names: Allium pyrenaicum

A. angulosum is a bulbous, semi-evergreen perennial with narrow, linear, keeled, dark green leaves and upright stems bearing dense umbels of pale pink to purple-pink flowers in summer.
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0.3m max. spread

0.35m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium 'White' (Allium 'White')

'White' has strap-shaped, grey-green leaves and globular clusters of starry white flowers.
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0.5m max. spread

1.5m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium mairei (Allium mairei)

A. mairei is a bulbous perennial forming narrow clumps of linear, grass-like, mid-green leaves and loose umbels of bell-shaped, pale pink, white, or white-spotted pink flowers in late summer.
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0.1m max. spread

0.25m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium siculum (Mediterranean Bells)

A. siculum is a tall bulbous perennial with a crown of bell-shaped flowers that grow green on the outside with lilac-pink markings on the inside.
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0.1m max. spread

1m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium sativum (Garlic)

A. sativum forms long, narrow flat leaves, white flowers on a tall stalk and an edible, stongly scented bulb divided into bulbets or cloves, contained in a whitish skin.
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0.5m max. spread

0.5m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium nigrum (Black garlic)

Other names: Allium multibulbosum, Broad-leaved onion , Allium afrum, Allium bauerianum, Allium magicum, Allium paucibulbosum, Kalabotis nigrum

A. nigrum is a bulbous perennial with strap-shaped leaves. In mid-summer, it produces globular heads of white, star-shaped flowers on upright stems. It gets its name from the dark centres to its flowers.
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0.4m max. spread

0.45m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium tuberosum (Chinese chives)

Other names: Garlic chives, Oriental garlic, Fragrant-flowered garlic

A. tuberosum is a vigorous, clump-forming, bulbous perennial with linear, keeled, edible, mid-green leaves and erect stems bearing umbels of fragrant, star-shaped, white flowers from summer into autumn.
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0.5m max. spread

0.5m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium triquetrum (Three-cornered leek)

Other names: Stinking onions

A. triquetrum is a bulbous perennial with unusual triangular stems and white, green striped bell-shaped flowers in spring.
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0.3m max. spread

0.4m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium canadense (Canada garlic)

Other names: Meadow garlic, Meadow leek, Rose leek, Canada onion, Canadian garlic, Meadow garlic, Wild onion, Wild garlic

A. canadense is a clump-forming, bulbous perennial with an edible, onion-like bulb bearing linear, blue-green leaves and dome-like clusters of star-shaped, white or pink flowers in late spring and early summer.
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0.2m max. spread

0.5m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium ursinum (Ramsons)

Other names: Allium ucrainicum, Wild leek, Wood garlic, Wild garlic, Ramsomes, Hog's garlic, Gipsy onion , Bear's garlic, Buckrams

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.
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0.5m max. spread

0.5m max. height

2-5 years to maturity