Can Allium canadense be hollow and chive-like, or is it always flat? What I have in my backyard is hollow and chive-like. Other Alliums are different. Wild Onions are like chives, they grow in clumps and are hard to distinguish from each other. Wild garlic on the other hand, is a single hollow stem, growing to 2ft with a round bulblet of seeds on top in early summer.
Ramps are totally different though from the onion family but have 3 flat leaves , not hollow and are strongest scent. All can be used the same ways. SO, anything in a clump is wild onion or chives, single is garlic and 3 flat stems, Ramp. Hope this clears it all up. Liz, my wild garlic grows in clumps, and if left to grow, develops quite nice bulbs. I have canned it too. Also, dried the leaves of the older ones and then ground it up to season my garlic bread and veggies.
To develop nice bulbs, I do have to thin it to give it room. Otherwise I get small bulbs in the fall when I dig. I am out side Erie, PA. Christopher, U are correct! Onion grass grows in a clump like chives! So closely related u can use the same way. We have these onions growing wild in every part of Texas that Ive been in. We have plant that has oblong leaves and smells like sassafras when crushed,is it the real thing? Really enjoy your work Thanks. In our lawn the chive type grow wild each Spring.
They get mowed off and the smell is great. Might they be transplanted into the garden for use in cooking? Will they transplant well or do they then need certain care to survive. But then the chive would have grass to compete with. Is there a simple method for moving the chive without the grass? Yes, u CAN dig them up in the clumps an separate grass from the chive or wild onion clump. Cut back the top a little after planting and water well unless it rains. Today on one of the cooking shows they garnished the baked chicken with wild garlic flowers.
We know it is a weed, but they talked about it like it was some rare flower. You are giving us a good education.
I have what I believe are wild onions growing crazy in my yard. I have never seen a flower per se. The whole plant smells like a pretty strong onion. I thought they were some sort of garlic but have been afraid to try eating them. They are completely volunteer, as far as I can tell, because they grow amid some other kind of plant. When dug it had about 4 cloves with no husk. Any ideas what this is?
It has seeds much like chives, small black, cornered seeds. I collected a small head of seeds from a plant I found on a coastal shore, and have used them in my garden as dry area plants.
They start with a tiny thin tube then as they mature,the leaves are tall,thin and flat,After 2 years, they grow like multiplier onions After 4 years, I separate them ,and share. I use them as the center flower in hanging baskets. They also taste good, and garlicky.
I saw the seed for sale in a wild plane website. U can pull it up and eat it. Or pickle. First off, Yes! There are alot of them growing on the sides of the road and in the forest around here, but Ive found that the bulbs tend to grow a lil larger if they are cultivated in good soil and fertilized n watered regularly.
I have grown onions and garlic in my gardens since I was a child and when I first discovered and tried eating this wild variety about 10 or so years ago I was pleasantly surprised by their taste and decided to transplant some to my garden. They grew very well and since then have grown in their small plot of my garden ever since. I just allow the bulblets to break off and fall to the geound after coming to maturity and they grow the next year.
Each fall I harvest the ones grown that season and keep them in a cool dry darl place n use them throught the winter. They have a strong and pungent garlic flavor and are great for cooking, especially with pork.
I have never tried to eat any other part of the plant than the bulbs but i would suppose the entire plant is edible. Hope this helps. I love finding this website. I have always loved foraging and learning about plants.
I did not know that there ever was a site like this. Do you know if Ramps grow in Arkansas? I would love to find some.
I do have wild onion, garlic and garlic chives. I am also interested in all recipes on wild edibles. I live in southwest Arkansas, near the Oklahoma border. Basically, anything with FLAT leaves is wild ramp or wild leak which are basically the same. Hollow leaves is always onion or garlic chives or grass. TALL hollow leaves are a single wild garlic plant with pink or purple flowers on top in late spring, bulb is on the bottom and should be dug up after flowering.
U can transplant all of these. Keep well watered in Spring. I live in northeast Oklahoma. Around here a wild onion has flat blades that look more or less like grass.
Wild garlic has round spiky leaves. They often grow in much the same kind of places, although not really mixing. We consider them very different plants. If you confuse the two and bring wild garlic to a wild onion and egg breakfast the Cherokee ladies will have your head and throw you and your garlic out! It is really easy to tell them apart even from a distance due to the erect stance of the garlic. The difference is greater later in the season when they are too rank to gather anyway.
Good times and great food! Otherwise, awesome site. Weeds are yummy. Just came across your site today and am so excited to explore more. I was looking for info on the Redbuds which I just learned you can eat. I love it! Last year, we removed our grass lawn and replaced it with native ferns. Wondering, sounds like this is Wild Onion? You mentioned a difference between bulbs and bulblets? If it is a wild onion or garlic the bulb will smell strongly of said.
If not plant it in a pot and see what happens. I found these UFOs in our new mexico yard. Dug a few of these up wild to transplant to home. Any tips to assure the grow and spread? Where do you split bulb apart to grow more like regular garlic. The few I picked have all had the bulbs chewed off the top. Thanks much-Ryan. If you collected them locally now, just put them where you want them to grow.
Usually lavender but sometimes pink or deep purple, the flowers of wild chives look like a pom-pom, comprised of roughly 30 smaller bell-shaped flowers. They grow on stiff stalks taller than the chive leaves, and they bloom in the early spring to early summer when seed capsules grow in their stead. The flowers of wild chives are edible, and there are a number of pleasant recipes for wild chives.
With a light onion flavor just like the leaves, you can remove the stems and add the blossom to white vinegar for a vibrant pink salad dressing, or you can simply chop up the blossom and toss it straight into the salad instead. The bulbs are also edible and can be chopped up with the rest of the leaves, but Bonnie Plants notes that you should add them at the end of your cooking process so they have time to soften. Native to boreal areas, chives have been introduced elsewhere and can be found in the wild around areas with a history of disturbance.
Moist and grassy areas along the side of roads, outside gardens and creeks and streams are good places to start. They can also be found in open fields since they require full sunlight. Wild chives can be found in regions with the lowest winter temperature between and 25 degrees Fahrenheit. I always make sure they are cleaned properly and the outside skin is removed.
Great in a salad or chopped for other dishes. I used to eat them all the time when I was growing up and never got sick, which is backed up by the research I've just been doing. Just be sure they don't have any purple, pink or blue on them. Those are not onions; they're apparently called "death callas". The all-green and white ones are fine.
What do I do about them and what are they? I'm bound to a wheelchair and cant get in the yard to grow my herbs. So I need help from yall wonderful folks on how to make the best herb garden inside a small apart See more. I planted a tomato plant in a pot. My plants were beautiful at first, then as the time went by they were not bright green and beautiful. Cucumbers tasted bitter and birds were eating my tomatoes, I eve Answer this question.
Mogie on Apr 02, Dianacirce70 on Apr 02, Helpful Reply. Louise on Apr 02, Dianacirce70 on Apr 06, Redcatcec on Apr 02, Robyn Garner on Apr 02, Becky at Flipping the Flip on Apr 02, Em on Apr 02, Tinyshoes on Apr 02, Nan W. Johnavallance82 on Apr 02, I'm not sure which they are. They are really skinny round chives with small white bulbs under ground. They look like oniony chives but smell garlicky when pulled out.
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