Some Allium events
Max Withers (Mon, 05 May 2008 10:45:51 PDT)
Last week I also had a delightful Allium event, which consisted of
eating a large amount of Allium tricoccum (wild leek or ramps). This
species is native to eastern N. America and is truly delicious. I rarely
see it in stores here, and when I do, it is very expensive. Has anyone
grown it in a mediterranean climate?
A. triquetrum on the other hand is also weedy in the bay area, even
holding its own in abandoned lots overrun with Oxalis pes-caprae.
Max Withers
Oakland CA
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 17:58:35 +0100 (BST)
From: BRIAN WHYER <brian.whyer@btinternet.com>
Subject: Re: [pbs] Some Allium events
Hi Jim
Triquitrum might be more appropriate; i.e. quit quit quit. Pretty but very invasive here in the UK. I offered Judy Glattstein a bucket full once, and only half in jest. I still have some in a pot, but pull the heads off to stop seeding.
Brian Whyer, Buckinghamshire, England, ~~zone 8
Jim McKenney <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com> wrote:
OK, it's been four hours since I made that post. Doesn't anyone out there
want to tell me it's Allium triquetrum, not A. triquitrum?
Jim McKenney