Tulbaghia violacea 'Alba'

Common Name: White Society Garlic

Plant Family: Alliaceae

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Price: £6.00

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Size/Qty: 9 cm pots

Position/ Situation: Sheltered, frost-free gardens
Sun/ Shade: Sun
Planting Style: evening twilight
Suggested Use: Growing in Pots
Season of Interest: Mid-summer
Flower Colour: White
Height: low (up to 3 feet)
Habit/Shape: Clump forming
Drought Tolerant: Yes
Soil Type: Normal, well-drained but moisture retentive
Bee and Butterfly: Bee

This white flowered form makes the usual clump of garlic-smelling leaves, but instead of the normal pink-mauve flowers, tall stems carry umbells of pure white flowers over a long period in summer. Needs sun and very well-drained soil. It can also be grown in pots, as you would Agapanthus.

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Pot Sizes

Mainland UK	£8.50-£10	Local delivery Postcodes IP1-IP8 & CO10 (minimum order value applies please click here for details)	FREE
Seeds & cuttings only	£2	Collect from our Nursery (Elmsett, Suffolk, IP7 6LZ)	FREE
Scottish Highlands & offshore Islands	From £10

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Unless otherwise indicated our plants are supplied in the following pot sizes according to category. Dimensions refer to either the pot diameter (cm) or volume (litre);

Exotics/Conservatory & House Plants, Succulents: mostly as young plants in 9cm or 1 litre pots
Hardy Perennials, Ferns and Grasses: 1 litre (approx 12cm diameter)
Herbs: 9cm
Hardy Shrubs and Climbers: 1.5 or 2 litre
Potted Bulbs: variable- please see "Size/Qty" on product information page
Dormant Bulbs, Tubers and Bare-root perennials come either bagged or wrapped without a pot

The exact size of plants will vary with the growing season and may be cut back in accordance with normal pruning regimes or to fit in the box if they are excessively tall