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Fragrant false garlic

Nothoscordum ×borbonicum

Also called Honeybells

Fragrant false garlic
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0

Fragrant false garlic (honeybells) is a bulbous perennial hybrid with sweetly scented white flowers that has become a widespread weed. Grow it from bulbs in sun or light shade and expect it to spread readily.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during active growth and let the soil dry a little between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained garden soil or loam.
Temperature
10–30 °C; hardy to about -5 °C, protect from hard frost.
How easy
Easy

About

Nothoscordum × borbonicum, also known as honeybells, fragrant false garlic and onion weed, is a bulbous perennial. It has become naturalized as a nearly cosmopolitan weed. The whitish flowers are sweetly scented. It is a hybrid between N. entrerianum and N. gracile.

The binomial names Nothoscordum fragrans and Nothoscordum gracile have also been applied to this plant.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nothoscordum × borbonicum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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