Allium 'Wight Cristo'
garlic 'Wight Cristo'
A highly aromatic, perennial bulb, divided into a number of bulblets, or cloves, with stiff, narrow, greyish-green foliage. This is a soft-necked cultivar, which produces a large number of cloves, rarely flowers and stores well, but may need winter protection in cold areas. It is reliable and easy to grow, producing large bulbs with pink-flushed, white skin
Size
Ultimate height
0.1–0.5 metresTime to ultimate height
1 yearUltimate spread
0.1–0.5 metresGrowing conditions
Moisture
Well–drainedpH
Acid, Alkaline, NeutralColour & scent
| Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit | |
| Spring | Green Grey Silver | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Green Grey Silver | |||
| Autumn | ||||
| Winter |
Position
- Full sun
Aspect
South–facing or West–facing
Exposure
Sheltered Hardiness
H4Botanical details
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Habit
- Tufted
- Genus
Allium are bulbous herbaceous perennials with a strong onion or garlic scent, linear, strap-shaped or cylindrical basal leaves and star-shaped or bell-shaped flowers in an umbel on a leafless stem
- Name status
Unresolved
How to grow
Cultivation
Buy bulbs for growing - bulbs for eating may carry plant diseases or be unsuited to the UK climate. Grow in well-drained, fertile soil in a sunny position, planting individual cloves in late autumn/early winter, or in early spring. Keep plants well weeded and water in dry spells until the bulbs are well formed. Harvest in summer once the foliage withers. See Garlic (Grow your own)
Propagation
Propagate by separating a mature bulb into individual cloves
Suggested planting locations and garden types
Pruning
No pruning required
Pests
Generally pest-free
Diseases
May be susceptible to leek rust and onion white rot
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