Plant pickup: Thursdays 3–7pm · Also by appointment 512.348.7570
Plant pickup: Thursdays 3–7pm · Also by appointment 512.348.7570
— Plant Nursery · Texas-Grown
$12.00
Mature Plant Size: 12-18″x12-18″
Society Garlic (Tulbaghia violacea) is a clumping, grass-like perennial with garlic-scented gray-green foliage and clusters of small lavender-pink flowers held on tall stalks through the warm season — as useful in the kitchen as it is in the border.
At Flying Rabbit Farm, our Society Garlic transplants are grown for dense clumping habit and reliable perennial return in Austin gardens.
3 in stock
Low water needs once established
Drought tolerant; established plants need little supplemental water beyond rainfall
Little to no fertilizer needed
Deadhead spent flower stalks to tidy appearance
Divide congested clumps every few years in spring
Generally pest- and disease-free
Root rot in poorly draining or overwatered soil
A low-water, low-maintenance choice well suited to Austin’s alkaline clay soils once established
A tough, reliable perennial for Austin borders that deer and rabbits tend to avoid due to its garlicky scent
Best planting window; establishes before summer heat
Continuous bloom through the heat; one of the more reliable summer flowering perennials
Second good planting window
Semi-evergreen in mild winters; may lose top growth in a hard freeze but is root-hardy
Fall or spring, avoiding the height of summer heat and hard freezes
Ideal soil temperatures: 60-85 F
Full sun
Minimum 6-8 hours daily
12-18 inches apart
Well-draining soil; tolerates poor, rocky, or alkaline soils
pH 6.5-8.5
Water deeply at transplanting
Water regularly for the first growing season to establish roots, then reduce
Society Garlic (Tulbaghia violacea), like true garlic and onions, contains sulfur compounds and is considered mildly toxic to:
Ingestion in quantity may cause gastrointestinal upset or, rarely, damage to red blood cells similar to true Allium species. Keep pets from grazing on the foliage.
