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Wild garlic

Herbs · Perennial

Wild garlic

Amaryllidaceae

At a glance

Plant spacing
15 cm
USDA zones
3a–8b
Frost-sensitive
no
Growth duration
24 weeks

Which beds suit?

Sun (prefers)
shadeAlso okay:partial shade
Soil (prefers)
loamyAlso okay:raised-bed mix
Drainage (prefers)
normal

Seed & start

Perennial

Plant once, returns every year.

Stachi's tip

Wild garlic is the spring herald: mid-March to May, then dies back. Part-shade, humus-rich soil. WARNING: do NOT confuse with toxic lily of the valley.

Who is Stachi? →

The plant's year: sowing, transplanting, harvest

Sowing

Transplanting

Harvest

Good neighbours

No fixed companion partners — easy to mix.

Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.

Avoid these neighbours

No known conflicts.

Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.

Good pre-cultures

Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.

Sources

  • LLM-Baseline+gpt-5-review
  • LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
  • LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
  • LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
  • LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage
  • Gartenakademie Rheinland-Pfalz – Bärlauch (Allium ursinum) (https://www.gartenakademie.rlp.de/Gartenakademie/Themen/Boden-und-Pflanze/Baerlauch-Alliumursinum)
  • Bio-Gärtner – Bärlauch [Allium ursinum] (https://bio-gaertner.de/pflanzen/Baerlauch/Anbau)

Where these figures come from

Timing
Horticulturally established — consistent across the cited standard works.
Spacing
Horticulturally established — consistent across the cited standard works.
Companion planting
Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
Crop rotation
Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
Yield
Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.

Sources: LLM-Baseline+gpt-5-review · LLM-Baseline-Intercrop · LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg · LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer · LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage · Gartenakademie Rheinland-Pfalz – Bärlauch (Allium ursinum) (https://www.gartenakademie.rlp.de/Gartenakademie/Themen/Boden-und-Pflanze/Baerlauch-Alliumursinum) · Bio-Gärtner – Bärlauch [Allium ursinum] (https://bio-gaertner.de/pflanzen/Baerlauch/Anbau)

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