False Garlic Nothoscordum sellowianum
Other Common Name(s):
Other plants called False Garlic:
Previously known as:
- Nothoscordum bivalve var. bivalve
- Phonetic Spelling
- no-tho-SKOR-dum sel-low-ee-AY-num
- Description
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Plant these late winter to early spring blooming blubs in very well-drained sandy soils. They love the heat so they do well
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Nothoscordum
- Species:
- sellowianum
- Family:
- Amaryllidaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Bulb
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Temperate and subtropical America
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Bulb
- Herbaceous Perennial
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Cultural Conditions:
- Soil Texture:
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Shallow Rocky
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Occasionally Dry
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- White
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Winter
- Flower Description:
- Yellow or white flowers appear late winter to early spring.
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Leaves:
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Shape:
- Linear
- Leaf Margin:
- Entire
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Narrow linear leaves
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Patio
- Small Space
- Walkways
- Landscape Theme:
- Fairy Garden
- Winter Garden
- Design Feature:
- Mass Planting
