General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 12-16 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Vegetable
Suitable as Annual
Dynamic Accumulator: K (Potassium)
Ca (Calcium)
Na (Sodium)
Propagation: Seeds: Days to germinate: 10-14 days
Depth to plant seed: 1/4 inch
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Pollinators: Bees
Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Leek
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Allium ampeloprasum
  • Synonym: Allium ampeloprasum subsp. porrum

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Location: My garden in Bark River, MI
Date: 2010-10-25

Photo courtesy of Harris Seeds
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