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Wild Garlic and Three-Cornered Garlic

Wild Garlic and Three-Cornered Garlic

Plants for the May Pot

Bypamadden 8 May 202111 August 2022

Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum) or Ramsons or Creamh in Irish has been carpeting damp woodland and hedge banks since April displaying its starry clusters of white flowers and contrasting with the bluebells that favour the same habitat (1). The leaves are broad and pointed and when squeezed between thumb and forefinger they emit a strong…

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