Roland you are a bit harsh. I quite enjoy the milder cloves of elephant garlic. It is much easier for me to grow anyway than true garlic. Which I have to buy as I always forget to plant in the autumn. When leeks are left to grow on they have great ornamental value. The flower heads are in various shades of mauvey-pink to greenish white. They are sound perennials. I know of quite a few gardens that use them amongst other plantings. I also enjoy vinyard garlic or perpetual leeks which is a useful vegetable in winter and at this time of year. Mark > Message du 09/04/13 01:41 > Objet : Re: [pbs] Species Alliums being edible? > > My old leeks have formed true separate bulbs - round like an onion . The flavor intensity was similar to garlic. > > Chad Schroter > On Apr 8, 2013, at 3:53 PM, "Bulborum Botanicum" wrote: > > > elephant garlic is Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum a tasteless garlic > > Garlic is Allium sativum another species > > > > Roland" _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/