Allium canadense (Wild Garlic) Size:32 Flat Pennsylvania Smartweed

Pennsylvania Smartweed

featuring a thick rosette of deep green foliage from which springs a delicate cloud of white flowers beginning in June

• Establishes new or maintains existing cover

Height 5'-6'

Flower Color Pink-Purple

Allium canadense (Wild Garlic) Size:32 Flat Pennsylvania SmartweedAllium canadense (Wild Garlic) is a very common native plant that is a wild onion or garlic. Legend has it that Chicago was named after the "Wild Onion" or "Wild Garlic". An adaptable plant for the prairie or savanna in moist to mesic soils, the strappy leaves of Wild Garlic emerge early in the spring. The delicate pink flowers appear in May are held above compact bulblets that mature to reddish brown. A favorite of many bee and wasp species. Wild