Tulbaghia acutiloba

Tulbaghia acutiloba. (Alliaceae) wild garlic, wildeknoffel. A lovely, small and delicate bulbous perennial, with garlic-scented, edible leaves and sweetly fragrant flowers almost all year round. It is a small, clump-forming, bulbous perennial, 150–450 mm tall with soft, narrow, grass-like leaves, 50–450 mm long and 3–8 mm wide. Flowers are small, trumpet-shaped, about 8 × 4 mm, khaki-coloured, with green recurved tepals and a fleshy orange to reddish brown ring, in a 2–6-flowered umbel. They are sweetly scented especially in the evening, and flower throughout the year, but mainly in late winter to early summer. Sowing : Sow seeds in summer in a well drained medium. Locality: Ex Hort. Harvest: November 2022