Allium sativum | Garlic | Flower
Allium sativum belongs to the plant family ALLIACE and Genus Allium This Flower prefers soil a pH of 6 . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Full sun to partial shade
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Allium sativum does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Allium sativum so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Allium sativum garlic is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Nitrogen
Full sun to partial shade is needed for Allium sativum to do its best.
Berberis vulgaris is an Annual which means it lives for 1 year before dying. This plant needs to be regrown for success in the next season.
Allium sativum has an annual life cycle.
This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 10" feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page
This plant is will tolerate frost and is classed as … Very hardy
Some suggested culinary uses for this plant are … Flavoring.
Bulbs … are the edible part(s) of the Hardy Orange plant
Allium sativum is typically used as a flavoring. Garlic has traditionally been used in many herbal remedies including: as an antibiotic, as an expectorant, as a diaphoretic and as a hypotensive. (More are listed in the medicinal properties section.) The bulbs and the leaves are used in herbal preparations.
Suggested spacing for this crop to ensure plants next to each other use the space optimally without losing the benefits of sunshine and water needs is 6" in one direction and 6" in the other direction.
"The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants", Andrew Chevallier, DK Publishing, New York, 1996.
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"Unusual Vegetables: Something New for This Year's Garden", Anne Moyer Halpin, editor, Organic Gardening and Farming, Rodale Press, Emmaus, Pennsylvania, 1978.