Herb Garlic Wild Ramsons

Garlic Wild – Ramsons

Garlic Wild – Ramsons . A British native perennial herb, wild garlic. Can be found on the banks of streams and in shaded wooded areas. Carpeting in the ground with white flowers and their strong spring fragrance.

The leaves are edible and can be used in salads and to flavour meat dishes and sauces.  The plants produce leaves from early spring and flowers from Apr-Jun dying back in late summer. The plants need a moist loamy soil with a damp shady environment to grow.

Cultivation advice Garlic Wild – Ramsons

• The plants produce leaves from early spring and flowers from Apr-Jun dying back in late summer.
• The plants need a moist loamy soil with a damp shady environment to grow.
• Sow from autumn to late winter prior to the last frost.
• Scatter thinly on disturbed bare ground in a shaded damp location on soil contained a high level of organic matter.
• Do not cover or rake in the seed.
• Sowing rate 150 seed per square meter.
• Germination will occur when the soil starts to warm in spring as the light levels increase.