meadow garlic
Allium canadense
USDA zones3 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial shade
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size8 to 18 inches tall6 to 12 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Herb
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- White , pink
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Circumneutral (pH 6.8-7.2)
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Meadow garlic (Allium canadense) is a vegetable for food gardens, borders, and meadows. It is typically grown as an annual. It is one of the more cold-hardy crops and can keep growing through light freezes with some winter protection. This plant likes full sun to part shade and dry to moist soil of most types. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal. Grow it for its bulbs, which taste like cultivated onion.
Pairs well with Carrot, Lime basil, Black Prince tomato, and Whorled milkweed.
Native range
AL, AR, CT, DC, and 36 more places. See all 40
AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV; NB, ON, and QC.