Wild Leek
Allium tricoccum
The bulb and leaves of this North American native
have a strong garlic-like odor and it has much the same culinary and
medicinal uses as garlic (Allium sativum). Leaves emerge in spring when the plant needs some sun,
then disappear in early summer. The greenish-white flowers arrive after
the leaves have withered away. For strictly ornamental use, overplant
with a ground cover such as Wild Ginger (Asarum
canadense). If you wish to harvest the bulbs
for cooking or medicine, break off the little stub under the bulb and
replant it - the plant should come again.
