Re: Allium/leucojum
- Subject: Re: Allium/leucojum
- From: T* a* M* R*
- Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 11:08:17 +1300
Theladygardens@aol.com wrote:
> Allium triquestrum will take over > your garden,
Hi Carolyn
Indeed it will, given half a chance!
it is not a bulb.
How do you make this out? -it most certainly forms a resting bulb every
year
and is definitely listed with others of the genus in "The Bulbous
Plants of Europe".
As far as I know the entire genus Allium consists of bulbous plants
anyway.
Maybe you mean it is not a bulb people usually cultivate, which would be
true for most of us but the most masochistic - or lazy <G>
I do know people who cook with the allium triquestrum.
If you can't beat 'em join 'em eh?
Allium is a genus in which most (if not all) of the bulbs are edible. I
remember at university our Prof. used to tell how he and his wife and
several of their friends would gather wild Alliums of varous kinds from
the fields to use as garlic substitutes.
An unrealted plant which has the true onion smell and flavour is the
South African Tulbagia. I think one can use the leaves as a sort of
garlic chives. It is sometimes known as "Society Garlic" anyway.
Moira
--
Tony & Moira Ryan
Wainuiomata NZ,
where it's Summer in January and Winter in July.
