Wild Garlic
Allium canadense
Wild garlic is a widespread native onion with nodding pink-white flower clusters and edible bulbs and leaves, an easy, deer-resistant bulb for meadows and woodland edges.
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- pink, white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV