I like growing EG for their greens, now I think that is actually using them as leeks, go figure! Too funny.
I like the bulbs as well as the flowers too, people often comment on their big globe flower heads, definitely a bee magnet.
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Originally Posted by GrowingCoastal
Funny you should say that NewWest. While I was still working I must have planted elephant garlic and forgotten about it, later thinking it was all leeks I had growing wild wherever I let them go. I did see that some of the bulbils/pearls had the look of elephant garlic bulbils but didn't twig to the fact they were not leeks. This year I got a couple of really big bulbs and realized they were EG, not leeks. Maybe that is why my chopped leeks had such strong aroma in the freezer.
The flowers do look like leek flowers and hummingbirds like to feed on them so I let many bloom. They look really nice mixed into some monarda which is another hb fave.
Now I an wondering if the mix up is why I had two colours of 'leek' flowers.
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