species
Allium scorodoprasum
Korean pickled-peel garlic · Rocambole · Sand leek
Photo: Julia Kruse · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Allium scorodoprasum belongs to the family Amaryllidaceae, also known as Korean pickled-peel garlic, Rocambole or Sand leek, native to the UK. It reaches 1 m tall and 40 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 in July. 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 × 40 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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