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Tulbagia alliacea
Family: Liliaceae
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Grown by: Don Mahoney, SFBG

The flower on this 10” tall garlic relative are rather small with 4mm green petals with chocolate-colored stamonoids. Its value lies in its intense, sweet fragrance which only occurs in the evening and night time. A few small flowers perfume an entire room. It is easy to grow but unlike society garlic, this tulbagia is summer dormant. It is native to South Africa.

Photo by Steve Morse