Botanical Name: Tulbaghia fragrans
Common Name: Sweet garlic
Type of Plant: monocot: perennial
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright clump of blue-gray, strap-like foliage, coarser and slower growing than Tulbaghia violacea
Height 12" - 18"
Spread 12" - 18"
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun
Soil tolerates most soils
Hardiness some frost: zones 13-24
 
Morphology:
Leaves to 18" long, strap-like, 3/4" wide, blue-green coloring
Flowers umbels of pink flowers - 1/4" across, 30-40 flowers per umbel - flowers in winter - sweet scented
Fruit small capsule
 
Propagation:
division, seed
 
Usage:
good small facer or textural plant for winter bloom, gray color and medium texture foliage - contrasts nicely with darker colors and masonry
 
Landscape Care:
Watering tolerates drought once established - can take heavier watering
Fertilizing slow-release at planting
Pruning remove dead flower scapes, dead leaves regularly to give tidier appearance
Pests/Diseases none - leaves develop salt burn at tips with salty water
Special Conditions/Other no fragrance compared to T. violacea
 
Origin: South Africa
Family: Amaryllidaceae

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