Quantity | Price per item | Discount |
5 plants | €5,30 | 12% off |
Variegated society garlic is a grassy, clumping ground cover perennial growing to about 50cm tall. It has edible lilac flowers from spring to autumn, is cold and heat hardy and will flower more abundantly in full sun, though also grows well in shade. Useful for difficult hot corners of the garden as it will tolerate prolonged drought, although it flourishes with regular watering.
The variegated leaves are long, narrow, strap-like, slightly fleshy and smell strongly of garlic when bruised. They grow from fat, tuberous roots which spread to form clumps of plants. The pinkish-mauve tubular flowers, clustered into umbels of up to 20 flowers, are held above the leaves on a tall flower stalk, and appear over a long period from spring to late summer. They, too, smell of garlic when picked or crushed. It is a very useful plant for the herb garden, as both the leaves and flowers can be used in salads and other dishes. The crushed leaves may be used to help cure sinus headaches and to discourage moles from the garden (by their strong smell). It looks great as a mass planting and is very popular as an urban landscape plant, but probably better not to plant it close to a seating area as the aroma can become rather dominant.
The cut flowers last for a long time, placed in a vase of water. In the image above, they have been combined with Gasteria flowers.
We are a plant nursery in the Algarve specialising in dry mediterranean species. We propagate and grow our own stock in conditions they are likely to endure when they are planted out.
We grow plants that are adapted to the dry land conditions in Portugal and southern Spain, both mediterranean perennials and succulents.
We choose plants that require very little water and maintenance. We produce a range of dry land plants that are typical of the worlds mediterranean regions. These are available to order ready for planting in the wetter months of the year. Please order the plants you need and we’ll have them ready at the best time for planting.
To ensure your new plants adapt and establish quickly, we produce them in special anti-spiral root pruning containers and a range of fibre pots (no plastic waste) with our own tried and tested growing media.
Viveiros Jardimseco
Tavira, Algarve
Please note we have no retail outlet or garden centre and are not open to the public. For more information you can contact us here.
Plantas adaptadas à seca - produzimos plantas adaptadas às condições de Portugal e Sul de Espanha, tanto espécies mediterrânicas como suculentas.
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