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Can anyone tell me what this is please

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FairyLightLucy · 01/03/2025 14:56

Hi
I have this grassy like plant in a few places in the garden. When I pull on it to remove it my hands smell oniony. There are little white bulbs at the bottom.
Picture is attached. Thanks

Can anyone tell me what this is please
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Advent0range · 01/03/2025 14:57

I have this too. Maybe some kind of wild garlic?

ZookeeperSE · 01/03/2025 15:01

Three Cornered Leek. It will have lovely little white flowers at the end of spring.

Sourisblanche · 01/03/2025 15:02

Agree with pp, we had it in our last garden. Pretty but really spreads. I was forever digging it out.

ZookeeperSE · 01/03/2025 15:02

Oh and it’s edible but invasive so will spread so if you want to get rid of it, have a read on the best way or else you’ll end up making it worse.

steppemum · 01/03/2025 15:03

I used to think that this was wild garlic (it smells quite garlicy) but wild garlic has much wider broader leaves.

It is (I think) something called 3 cornered leek.
It has loads of small white flowers in the spring, it is triangular in cross section (although that may just be the flower stems)
It is veyr very invasive, spreads everywhere like the proverbial weed. But is at least easy to pull out. The bulbs multiply and the new ones can be tiny weeny, so you must dig it out carefully,

It can be used for cooking, but not like wild garlic can

steppemum · 01/03/2025 15:04

I dig out oceans of it every spring and can't get rid of it

The most annoying thing though is that it seeds between the paving stones and in impossible places to remove

FairyLightLucy · 01/03/2025 15:07

Thank you

I did wonder about wild garlic but it was in the garden last year as well and I never saw any flowers

Thanks, I think I'm going to try and dig it out

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HarryVanderspeigle · 01/03/2025 15:08

Makes a nice pesto. When it dies back you will have a slimy mess, so better to pull out all you can now.

AlwaysGardening · 01/03/2025 16:41

It's Three Cornered Leek - Allium triquetrum. It's not wild garlic ( Allium ursinum) as the leaves of that are much broader. A. triquetrum is highly invasive and is a Section 9 invasive plant so be careful not to allow it to spread beyond your garden. Spend my life digging the blasted stuff out! Ants spread the seeds so try not let it set seed.

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