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Wild Garlic perhaps?

Bertha-BadgerBertha-Badger Posts: 20
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Would these be Wild Garlic flowers by any chance? Photo was taken in April and I can't remember a smell!


Thanks again xxx
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And a Heaven in a Wild Flower

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  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 3,757
    Looks like it. Nice photo!
    You are invited to a virtual visit of my garden (in English or in French).
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 28,852
    Could be Allium ursinum - native British plant that can be invasive but makes lovely pesto.   https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=384 

    Allium triquetrum - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_triquetrum is less smelly in my experience, has narrower leaves and can be recognised by its 3 cornered stems.  It's native to Mediterranean countries.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,248
    edited January 2020
    Allium ursinum ..wild garlic fits..first pic

    Allium triquetrum flowers hang down /are different.....see pic 2 and 3.



    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 28,852
    Looks good @Silver surfer.  I mentioned both because round here it's the 3 cornered one they call wild garlic whereas in Belgium and UK it's the ursinum form.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • mandyroberts99mandyroberts99 Posts: 230
    My wild garlic is completely out of control and I've no idea how it got there in the first place. I dug it up last year whenever I saw it but it is growing vigorously again. Mre digging.....
  • Bertha-BadgerBertha-Badger Posts: 20
    Papi Jo said:
    Looks like it. Nice photo!

    Thank you and you have a lovely garden. Am quite jealous!
    To See the World in a Grain of Sand
    And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
  • Bertha-BadgerBertha-Badger Posts: 20
    Thanks everyone for your input, really helpful.
    To See the World in a Grain of Sand
    And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
  • chickychicky Posts: 10,332
    Agree with @Obelixx .....it makes the best pesto I’ve ever tasted.  We experimented last year and are looking forward to April when we can make it again 😋
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