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Tulbaghia alliacea

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By Meanie


Tulbaghia alliacea (Tulbaghia alliacea)

Taken at Oxfords botanic gardens yesterday.
These are in the porch area as you enter the greenhouses, so they're not completely tender.



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Lovely Meanie, I love tulbaghia's & grow several, some in flower at the moment. They go through the winter most times here in Cornwall. Violacea is a good one to grow outside. Although the foliage can smell oniony sometimes the little flowers have gorgeous smells.

3 May, 2011

 

I didn't notice any fragrance on this one, although it was rather busy in there....
Good to know that they can be hardy too. As a bulb I guess that it will be an easily grown specimen.

3 May, 2011

 

very pretty ~ exotic daffodil??

3 May, 2011

 

It is a member of the same family as onions Sticki!

3 May, 2011

 

wish my onions looked like that!!

3 May, 2011

 

very nice..

3 May, 2011

 

It is a nice specimen plant. Small but interesting.

3 May, 2011

 

always a good feature i think!!!

3 May, 2011

 

Oooo very pretty....I know this one well. It is a bulb from South Africa. It is part of the lily family.

There is a town called Tulbach in the winelands of the Boland in the Western Cape Province. Maybe that is where it gets its name from? :-)

3 May, 2011

 

came across this name - but never seen it before... lovely picture:)

3 May, 2011

 

Meanie thats beautiful........

3 May, 2011

 

Meanie:

That's a beauty! :>)

20 May, 2011

 

Thanks Milky and Delonix!
The porch area as you go into the glasshouses always has something that is interesting and borderline hardy, and is constantly changing.

21 May, 2011



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