Wild Garlic by fishers

Wild Garlic

Allium ursinum, known as wild garlic, wild cowleek, ramsons, buckrams, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear leek or bear's garlic, is a bulbous perennial flowering plant in the amaryllis family Amaryllidaceae. It is native to Europe and Asia, where it grows in moist woodland. It is a wild relative of onion and garlic, all belonging to the same genus, Allium.

Taken earlier this month in the edible garden part of the Museum Gardens, its scent reminds me of woodland walks with our daughters when they were still children, and they called this a 'spaghetti plant' because it reminded them of our frequent spaghetti meals at that time.

The leaves of wild garlic are edible; they can be used as salad, herb, boiled as a vegetable, in soup, or as an ingredient for a sauce that may be a substitute for pesto in lieu of basil. The stems are preserved by salting and eaten as a salad in Russia. A variety of Cornish Yarg cheese has a rind coated in wild garlic leaves. The bulbs and flowers are also edible.

Ian
Great closeup and Lovely narrative.
May 29th, 2021  
Lovely shot.....and just noticed ours at the bottom of the garden.
May 29th, 2021  
Beautiful!
May 29th, 2021  
beautiful capture and details
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May 29th, 2021  
Lovely capture, you can’t beat the smell of wild garlic, just glad it’s nowhere near where I live!!
May 29th, 2021  
Very nice
May 29th, 2021  
A lovely detailed shot.Fav😊
May 29th, 2021  
I can smell them from here :) Lovely shot
May 29th, 2021  
That is really pretty.
May 29th, 2021  
Great close up of those pretty flowers. Fav.
May 29th, 2021  
Fabulous detail. We saw lots of these in Devon, with signs saying we should not pick the wild garlic! I'm not sure I agree! Kate Humble said as long as you only take enough for your own use its OK.
May 29th, 2021  
Very nice shot and great detail.
May 30th, 2021  
sweet
May 30th, 2021  
Beautiful close up and really interesting information.
May 30th, 2021  
It's a really pretty plant, I doubt it grows Australia
May 30th, 2021  
That is a super shot of wild garlic. You can always smell it before you see it in the woods!
May 30th, 2021  
Very nice capture of these little white flowers surrounded by the green leaves.
May 30th, 2021  
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Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.

To me wild garlic is a reminder of spring walks in woodland.

Ian
May 30th, 2021  
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