species
Allium vineale
Wild onion · Crow garlic · Onion grass · Stag's garlic
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Allium vineale belongs to the family Amaryllidaceae, also known as Wild onion, Crow garlic, Onion grass or Stag's garlic, native to the UK. It reaches 1 m tall and 50 cm across in about 3 years. It grows in full sun or part shade, where the ground is neutral or alkaline and in well drained conditions. It flowers from May to June. Its RHS hardiness rating is H5 (hardy, cold winter): −15 to −10°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 1 m tall × 50 cm across, after about 3 years
- Hardiness
- H5 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade
- Acidity
- Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained
- In the UK
- Native
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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