Is this wild garlic?

[veggiechicken]

?Allium Paradoxum - Few Flowered leek? Flora species detail view

[KittyColdNose]

That looks to be the chappie VC.

[mothhawk]

Oh, well done VC. You beat me to it!


eta so you CAN eat it KCN!

[KittyColdNose]

And it's edible, yay!

Thanks for all your help VC and Mothhawk, you are both brilliant.

Now if only we can keep it under control so it doesn't take over the garden.

[veggiechicken]

Some more photos here that look very similar to yours Kitty
Few-Flowered Leek / Allium paradoxum (Plants) by allison_reid99 on 19th April 2010 | iSpot

[wizzbang]

There is something like that coming up the driveway, I thought it was white bluebells but I will have a closer look in the morning. I haven't been up close to them yet. Far too busy. If only there were more hours in the day!
Well done you super sleuths !
Lynne x

[veggiechicken]

And a warning here about dogs eating it Allium paradoxum Few-Flowered Leek PFAF Plant Database

[KittyColdNose]

Cheers VC

Um... think I might go put them in a tub instead of the border... the RHS describes it as a thug

[veggiechicken]

Many of the alliums are thugs - wild garlic and three-cornered leek most definitely are. The three cornered chappie is overrunning my garden - but its lovely to look at and very useful - so I don't mind that much

[out in the cold]

I don't mind useful thugs either VC...

...although I tend to use the more pc name for them: a pack of forwards

[KittyColdNose]

I did have it (for about 2hrs) in the border between us and the next door neighbour. It's now in a big tub looking a bit sorry for itself. The border also has a lot of my herbs in it and I don't want to have to be fighting with it in a few years time when it's trying to take over.

I like my herbage I do, makes nice drinks and is good for getting rid of my headaches

[KittyColdNose]

And you taught your thugs everything you know, eh OITC?

[out in the cold]

And you taught your thugs everything you know, eh OITC?

Well, mostly how to deal with folks on the other side that put their hands on OUR ball...

[bario1]

Hi guys, i have that exact thing on my plot, and i promise you, it is is extremely agressive! Its attempted to take over my entire allotment this spring... handle with care!

[Plot10]

If you ever find a way to transplant it without it dying, please let me know - I've always killed any plants I've been given !

My mum has loads of wild garlic growing at the back of her garden as a burn runs just outside her garden. I have successfully dug up and transplanted some to my plot but it has very tenacious roots so you need to dig pretty deep, loosen the soil and lift clumps rather than individual bulbs. As long as they have a decent root on, you can then separate the individual bulbs and replant somewhere nice and moist and they should do fine.