species
Allium ampeloprasum
broadleaf wild leek · garden leek
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Allium ampeloprasum belongs to the family Amaryllidaceae, also known as broadleaf wild leek or garden leek, introduced before 1500 and long since part of the landscape. It reaches 50 cm tall and 30 cm across in about 1 years. It grows in full sun, where the ground is neutral and in well drained conditions. 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
- 50 cm tall × 30 cm across, after about 1 years
- Hardiness
- H6 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Acidity
- Neutral
- Moisture
- Well drained
- In the UK
- Archaeophyte (pre-1500)
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