species
Alliaria petiolata
Garlic mustard · Garlic root · Hedge garlic · Jack-by-the-hedge
Photo: O. Pichard · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Alliaria petiolata belongs to the family Brassicaceae, also known as Garlic mustard, Garlic root, Hedge garlic or Jack-by-the-hedge, native to the UK. It reaches 1 m tall and 50 cm across in about 1 years. It grows in part shade, where the ground is neutral and in well drained or moist conditions. It flowers from April to May. Its RHS hardiness rating is H6 (hardy, very cold winter): −20 to −15°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 1 m tall × 50 cm across, after about 1 years
- Hardiness
- H6 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Part shade
- Acidity
- Neutral
- Moisture
- Well drained, Moist
- In the UK
- Native
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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