Tulbaghia violacea Check with George grows a far more upright

grows a far more upright form that builds into a dense shrub a couple of feet tall

the plant is easy and rewarding in cultivation

The crop is modest beside a rabbiteye

Use the plant as a cold-hardy citrus novelty for the edible-landscape enthusiast

Tulbaghia violacea Check with George grows a far more uprightTulbaghia violacea, the plant gardeners know as society garlic, is a clump forming perennial from the summer dry grasslands of southern Africa, ranging from the Little Karoo through the Eastern Cape to KwaZulu Natal. The genus honors Ryk Tulbagh, the eighteenth century Dutch governor of the Cape of Good Hope, while the species name violacea simply means violet, for the color of the flowers. The common name is a small joke: the leaves carry a clear