Nothoscordum inodorum
Rodger Whitlock (Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:01:26 PDT)

Vegetative pestilence season is upon us once again.

In spite of years' sedulous removal of Nothoscordum
inodorum as they turn up, three more bulbs matured and
flowered this year. Yikes. Will I ever be rid of it?

As probably reported before, this horrendous weed gained
entrance to my garden many years ago under the nom de weed
"Leucojum trichophyllum", courtesy of the then-ARGS seed
exchange.

For those not familiar with it, look for stems 60-65 cm
tall (a little over 2') with a few-flowered umbel of
off-white flowers. No onion scent to the foliage; a very
sweet honey scent to the flowers if the nose gets close.

It sets copious seed, white offsets attached to the parent
bulb, and other offsets the color, size, and shape of apple
seeds an inch or two from the parent bulb.

If you have it in quantity, moving might be the simplest
solution.

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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate

on beautiful Vancouver Island