Is it a weed or a garden plant? Garlic chives are among those plants — paulownia tree, Jerusalem artichoke, mint and anise hyssop are others — that can parade under either guise. Garlic chives come ...

My garlic is "scaping," not "escaping!" Scapes are the unopened flower heads of hard neck garlic, which many folks used to discard so that the energy of the plant isn't wasted in the flower. Now chefs ...

I noticed onion flowers and garlic flowers in my garden last summer. What caused this, and, in the future, should I remove the flowering stems or let them bloom? Onions are biennial, which means they ...

After garlic scape season is over, garlic flowers are ready, full of garlic seeds. You don't usually see these at the greenmarkets unless you ask a kind farmer to bring them in for you, but if you do, ...

STUNNING, amazing, unique is the only way to describe the mauve-coloured, trumpet-shaped garlic vine (Mansoa alliacea) presently flowering in tropical gardens. The large clusters of flower heads start ...

HUDSON, Ohio -- On a steamy June evening at Thaxton’s Organic Garlic in Hudson, scape season was in the air. Literally. The delicious aroma wafted from the fields and from the refrigerator Fred ...

: Another gardener told me that I should never let garlic or onions flower or go to seed. He said to cut the flower stems off as soon as they appeared. Is he right? A: You should remove the flowers ...

Garlic with pea shoots is a combination worth exploring. It’s hardly a secret, especially in Asia where pea greens are widely consumed. In many regions, peas are sown throughout the summer ...

In garlic patches across the Northern Hemisphere, the scapes are up. This means garlic growers can enjoy the first tangible reward of their labors. Non-growers can enjoy scapes too, if they frequent ...

Garlic is one of the most rewarding crops to grow at home. It requires very little maintenance, thrives in free-draining soil and produces fragrant, flavourful bulbs that can be used in everything ...