species

Allium scorodoprasum

Korean pickled-peel garlic · Rocambole · Sand leek

Allium scorodoprasum

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

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

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Record data from biflora (528834-1), under OGL-UK-3.0.