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Wild Garlic
Wild Garlic
A hardy, water-wise South African native with lilac flower clusters.
- Very easy
- Full sun to part shade
- When mostly dry
- 2L grow bag
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Wild Garlic
R 45.00
About this plant
About this plant
Wild Garlic
Also known as
Also known as Wildeknoffel, Tulbaghia violacea
Light:
- Requires full sun to partial shade
Watering:
- Soil should dry out mostly before watering again. Drought tolerant.
Note: Each individual plant is unique. This image is an example only, however the plant you receive will be as close as possible to this image description.
Note: Stem length indicated above is a guide to the estimated length rather than an exact length that you will receive.
Delivery and packaging
Delivery and packaging
We deliver nationwide with The Courier Guy: Pudo locker R89 or to your door R145. Gauteng customers can also collect in Boksburg (R25).
Orders ship from our depot within 7 working days, and most are on their way sooner. A few rarer plants are ordered in specially for you, which is why we allow 7 days. Couriers don't deliver on weekends.
Every order is packed by hand to survive the courier.
Healthy arrival guarantee
Healthy arrival guarantee
If your plant arrives dead or damaged, we replace it. Just let us know within 24 hours of receiving it and send us a few photos.
For everything else, see our refund policy.
Meet the plant
Water-wise local with lilac flowers
Tulbaghia violacea · also known as Wild garlic, wildeknoffel, society garlic
Native to South Africa
A tough clumping plant with slim grey-green leaves. Lilac, star-shaped flowers rise on tall stems from spring into autumn.
- A Wild Garlic in a 2L grow bag, ideal for affordable mass planting.
- Clusters of lilac, star-shaped flowers on tall stems for much of the year.
- A hardy South African native that copes with drought, sun and part shade.
Where it thrives
The best spot in your home
A sunny or partly shaded bed, edging, rockery or container in the garden. It is water-wise once established.
Care card
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- When mostly dry
- Humidity
- Any
- Temperature
- -5 to 35°C
- Soil
- Well-drained soil
- Feeding
- Light, in spring
- Growth
- Moderate, clumping
- Outdoors
- Yes, garden plant
Care made simple
Your first weeks together
- Plant it in well-drained soil in sun or part shade.
- Water well after planting, then only when the soil has mostly dried.
- Remove spent flower stems to keep it tidy.
Plant doctor
If you see this, do this
- Few flowersIt needs more sun.
- Floppy leavesToo much shade or water. Move it into sun and water less.
- Yellow, soft leavesWet roots. Let it dry out more between drinks.
Questions
Good to know
How big is the plant?
How big is the plant?
A young plant in a 2L grow bag. Every plant is unique; the photo shows the size to expect.
Does it smell of garlic?
Does it smell of garlic?
Yes, the leaves smell of garlic when crushed.
Is it frost hardy?
Is it frost hardy?
It handles light frost; leaves may die back and regrow in spring.
Packed to arrive alive
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