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 >