Wild garlic or onion weed is a weed of flower beds and pathways. It forms large clumps of plants which will spread rapidly.
Where the wild garlic is apart from desirable plants spray with Kiwicare BUSTER. On pathways and areas where no planting is to be carried out follow up with PATHCLEAR LONGTERM or RONSTAR WEEDSTOP. These will stop bulbs that have not emerged yet from growing. Kiwicare TURFCLEAN will kill garlic between native gasses without harming the grass.
Wild garlic, also known as onion weed, grows from small bulbs and has grass like leaves and clumps of bell shaped white flowers similar to those of snow drop. Although the wild garlic leaves can be eaten and make a good garlic butter the plants can over run parts of the garden and often need controlled.
Wild garlic, is also known as ramsons, has the scientific name - Allium ursinum.