Tulbaghia violacea Check with George some eight to ten inches

some eight to ten inches long

and frayed nerves

grows a far more upright form that builds into a dense shrub a couple of feet tall

Use the plant as a cold-hardy citrus novelty for the edible-landscape enthusiast

woodland soil

Tulbaghia violacea Check with George some eight to ten inchesTulbaghia violacea, the plant gardeners know as society garlic, is a clump forming perennial from the summer dry grasslands of southern Africa, ranging from the Little Karoo through the Eastern Cape to KwaZulu Natal. The genus honors Ryk Tulbagh, the eighteenth century Dutch governor of the Cape of Good Hope, while the species name violacea simply means violet, for the color of the flowers. The common name is a small joke: the leaves carry a clear