Allium Moly.
A Garden Corner.
Q.ROWIXG rather more than a foot high, with close flat heads of yellow flowers, the Allium moly, the glaucous-leaved member of the onion family, is making a good show at the present time in many gardens. It is easily identified by its foliage and rank garlic odour when cut or bruised. It carries the affinity a bit further by growing easily from offsets, so that it increases sometimes too fast. It has been called the leek lily, on account of its connection with the family, which detracts from its value as a cut flower. Another charming rock plant with the same handicap of onion odour, though not related, is the pale blue Milla uniflora. This flowers in late spring, and is quite effective in clumps on the border or in the wild garden. After all. we do not grow all our flowers for cutting, therefore the mere matter of smell should not be a deterrent to growing them. T. D. LENNIE.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 935, 4 December 1933, Page 6
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166Allium Moly. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 935, 4 December 1933, Page 6
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