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Allium sativum (Common Garlic, Cultivated Garlic)

Type: Species | Edit History      Plant ID - 42652



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Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Allium
Species: Allium sativum
 
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  • Annual
  • Bulb
  • Herb
  • Medicinal
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  • 2 to 5 feet (60 cm to 1 1/2 m)
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  • 1 1/2 to 2 feet (45 to 60 cm)
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  • Border/Bed
  • Cottage Garden
  • Vegetable Garden
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  • Full Sun
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  • Seed
  • Division
  • Bulbils
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  • Beginner
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  aseedisapromise (874) wrote on Mar 13 2015
Who doesn't like garlic? Seed is very hard to produce, but you can get some if you are willing to remove all the bulbils from the scape without removing the flowers. Likes to grow during cool weather, so it's a winter crop. Young scapes are edible, too.

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