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These plants were obviously planted by me because they are growing in the bed where I plant various garlic/nions.
They started rally growing last fall and had "heavy" garlic type leaves and grew all winter, even through temps down to about 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
They continued to grow with leaves like an garlic/onion but flattened and about 3/4 - 1" wide. Recently the main stock shot up to about 4-5' a bud formed and now there is a light purple "flower" varying from plant to plant, but about 1.5 - 3" on diameter. I say diameter because the "flower" is mostly round.
Seems like I remember "Blooming Onions" ( not the Outback cooked kind which variations is all that my google fu can find) from my past, but they were knee high at best.
Am I suffering from heat and HUMIDITY or does someone have any ideas.
Also seems like each part of the blooming onion "flower" was actually a miniature onion and would grow if planted.
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Pics would be very helpful.
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Sounds most likely like an onion gone to seed.
Pics would definitely help.
With the flattened leaves, could possibly be garlic, but I've never seen a flower stalk get that tall on garlic.
All else fails, dig one up and see what's down there.
If their onion, let them go to seed, then you can plant them to get starts.
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Also seems like each part of the blooming onion "flower" was actually a miniature onion and would grow if planted. Is this what you are talking about? walking onion miles
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Also seems like each part of the blooming onion "flower" was actually a miniature onion and would grow if planted. Is this what you are talking about? walking onion miles well crap, I never saw that sentence. Was that what Louis edited. Louis, if they are walking onions (Egyptian onions to some) you'll never run out of onion again. They're not like slicers for burgers and such, but they are prolific. Does anyone need some? I have hundreds and they are trying to take over. Will survive cold winters, as in well below 0F.
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My wife was smarter and use "Flowering" rather than blooming to avoid all of the links to the prepared onion dish. Also used Garlic instead of onion . . . Now let's go up in responses and see what was discovered here!
Have pics in the camera, now to migrate them to this site is the issue!
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Does anyone need some? I have hundreds and they are trying to take over. Will survive cold winters, as in well below 0F. I tried to raise them a few years back but had little luck with them. Strange as wild onion and garlic do well here and are a big nuisance. I have a lot of volunteer pecan trees too, but have had trouble getting grafting seedlings to grow. I have tried grafting my volunteers with no success. All of my pecan seedlings have their background in Stuart pecans and I still have some of the old trees that my Grandfather had, but the wind took down the pollinator long ago. Every once in a while one makes a tree with usable pecans, but not often. miles
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Maybe they are ramps, which grow wild in your area of the country. https://www.wildedible.com/blog/foraging-rampsThey have a strong onion/garlic smell and taste and are a delicacy in some parts of the South, In SW VA there is a ramps festival where various dishes with ramps are presented and sampled. Squirrel Brains and Ramps are one favorite and my father used to swear by the taste and healthful properties of that vile tshit.
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We are way too far west for Ramps. they are fairly short and these are shoulder high. Got the pics, now just have to figure out how to post them!
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We are way too far west for Ramps. they are fairly short and these are shoulder high. Got the pics, now just have to figure out how to post them! Louis, do they look like this? if so, you have walking onions, sometimes called Egyptian onions. There are some whole plants visible in the next bed.
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It's elephant garlic gone to bloom. Your description fits it to a tee. I have it in my garden as well and let it go to flower just because the bees like it so much.
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It's elephant garlic gone to bloom. Your description fits it to a tee. I have it in my garden as well and let it go to flower just because the bees like it so much. Aha, I missed the flattened leaves in the OP. The walking onions have round leaves. Interesting this year, in that some of them not only have the bulblets, but another shoot is starting out past them and there is a typical allium (onion) type flower. I've been growing these for darn near 10 years and never seen that before.
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