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Shedding Sicilian honey garlic...


Shedding Sicilian honey garlic... (Nectaroscordum siculum (Ornamental onion))

Love these plants...



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Nice photo Angela. I have just red up on this on the internet, as I was going to ask if you ate it. Evidently the dried leaves are used in Bulgaria to flavour stews ... seems to be a question mark against the bulbs though ... one person on a forum said "they appeared on a list, when I googled .. poisonous bulbs". Grows to nearly 3 feet in height and the bees love it.... I guess you already know that.

26 May, 2015

 

Thanks Alan....no I am a little wary about eating certain plants......

26 May, 2015

 

Don't they take a time to open fully, think mine took a good 3 weeks!

26 May, 2015

 

Much paler than mine DD.

Siris - that does mean that they last a long time.

28 May, 2015

 

Mine are darker too, but the flowers are all open now, might darken with age?

29 May, 2015



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