Odyssey Bulbs carries a lot of Allium species: http://odysseybulbs.com/alliumtoipheion.html If you're willing to import, Magic Garden Seeds carries most of the European species mentioned: http://magicgardenseeds.com/seite/… This place carries a lot of western USA native Allium species but not sure they ship mail order: http://sevenoaksnativenursery.com/native-plants/… Prairie Moon Nursery also carries many USA native species: http://prairiemoon.com/product.php/… Dennis in Cincinnati On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Colleen <silkie@frontiernet.net> wrote: > I looked up your alliums and could not find a single seed or plant source. > Are they only available in the wild? > > I have a perennial garlic that has self-seeded and returned for years, > even through minus 20-30F temps. I don't remember where I bought it, but I > think it was billed as Egyptian or top-set garlic. All I have been able to > find on the web just now are similar plants said to be onions. Mine > produce a ball of little garlics and if left unharvested will drop down > producing the next year's crop. I like to harvest the little bullets and > have them in a dish to spoon out, sort of like a salt dish. If anyone is > interested I could share some of the little bulbs. > > Colleen > NE Calif. > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] > On Behalf Of Mark BROWN > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 10:03 AM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] Species Alliums being edible? > > Dear All, > I have introduced Allium ursinium in the parts of the garden dedicated to > wild food. > I enjoy its' mild flavour of late in salads and a few leaves thrown in > with pasta as it is cooking. > You can make a great sort of pesto from its leaves which keeps well. > Allium vineale is wild here and makes a good addition as a wild vegetable. > I have grown A. oleraceum but this becomes too much except in the wildest > places. > A. ampeloprasum is quite a delicious alternative to garlic! > A. senecens is grown for its' edibility but I have yet to try it! > A. sativum ophioscorodon is just a curiosity. A. cepa aggregatum is a bit > fiddly to use. > > Kind regards, > Mark > > > > > > > Message du 05/04/13 18:44 > > De : "Nhu Nguyen" > > A : "Pacific Bulb Society" > > Copie à : > > Objet : Re: [pbs] Species Alliums being edible? > > > > I would say that it's not a good thing to eat wild onions, > > particularly because like many other geophytes, it takes so long for > them regenerate. > > The ones in California takes about 4 years to mature from seeds and I > > would not expect any less from the ones in Israel. Perhaps they were > > eaten more thousands of years ago was because they were much more > > common. With that said, if you want to grow some up in your garden to > > eat, I'd be really interested in your assessment of the flavors. > > > > Nhu > > > > On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 12:42 AM, Shmuel Silinsky wrote: > > > > > There are many species of Allium native here in Israel. Some are > > > endemic. I am wondering if all are edible, both as leaf or as bulb. > > > Obviously flavor will vary, even bitterness, but are any poisonous? > > > > > > I am especially interested in knowing about Allium aschersonium. It > > > has a large bulb - and I would like to try it as an edible. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >