You don't have to laboriously look for wild garlic in the forest yourself; instead, you can simply grow the delicious wild garlic in the garden. Read which neighboring plants the wild herb gets along well with and which species it is better not to plant near it.
Which neighboring plants does wild garlic get along with?
Basically, all species are suitable as neighboring plants to wild garlic that needsimilar site conditions. This means you can plantshade-loving forest plantsnext to the wild garlic, as long as they also preferhumous and rather moist soil. However, due to the risk of confusion, you should avoid associating with poisonous plants.
What goes well with wild garlic in the bed?
As neighboring plants, many shade perennials and ferns go very well with wild garlic, for example
- Bush anemone (Anemone nemorosa)
- Funkia (Hosta)
- Perennial Silverleaf (Lunaria rediviva)
- Kashmiri Bergenia (Bergenia ciliata)
- Woodruff (Galium odoratum)
- Liverwort (Hepatica nobilis)
- Spotted lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis)
- Striped ferns (Asplenium), e.g. B. Deer's tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium)
It is important that the planned neighboring plants arecalcium-tolerant- unlike many other shade perennials, wild garlic grows on calcareous soils and needs appropriate planting partners. When selecting the species, also make sure that they cover thearea, especially in the summer months: Wild garlic then pulls its above-ground plant parts back into its bulb, so that the ground becomes bare.
What grows in the forest next to wild garlic?
When collecting wild garlic in the forest, you have to be careful: the typical neighboring plants here are the very similar, butpoisonous species
- Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
- Autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale)
- Spotted Arum (Arum maculatum)
- Two-flowered Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum biflorum)
to be found. Confusion is particularly possible with the lily of the valley and the autumn crocus, as their leaves are strongly reminiscent of those of the wild garlic and alsoemerge at a similar timeIf accidentally consumed, both plants can causesevere symptoms of poisoning or even fatal poisoning. That's why you should never combine these species together in the garden!
Which neighboring plants does wild garlic not like?
Species such as are often considered suitable neighboring plants for wild garlic.
- various ferns
- Astilbe or magnificent spar
- Fairy Flower (Epimedium)
and similar suggested. In principle, you can combine these shade plants with wild garlic, but there is one problem: they are allnot or only slightly lime-tolerantMost ferns (see above for exceptions) and also astilbe need a rather acidic, low-lime plant Soil and are therefore only suitable to a limited extent for association with the lime-loving wild garlic. For the same reason, the wild herb cannot be grownnext to ericaceous plants such as rhododendrons, blueberries, cranberries and the like.set.
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What conditions does wild garlic need?
So that wild garlic feels comfortable in its location, you should plant it in a light-shady or semi-shady place under deciduous trees. A humus-rich, nutrient-rich, calcareous and rather moist soil is also best suited - like in its natural habitats. Wild garlic, however, is not compatible with conifers and other conifers, and it should not be too dark in the selected garden location.
