Golden Garlic (Allium moly) - yellow flowers, illustrated plant card

Golden Garlic

Allium moly

Also called ornamental onion, flowering onion and lily leek

Golden Garlic blooms from May through June.

Bloom calendar
Bloom time
May–Jun
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Sun
Full sun
Water
Low water
Mature size
10 in × 4 in
Type
Bulb
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Growing Golden Garlic

Plant it in full sun. It prefers low water. It is hardy in USDA zones 3–9. Expect it to reach about 10 in tall and 4 in wide at maturity, in roughly 1 year.

When to plant Golden Garlic

Golden Garlic is a fall-planted bulb: get it in the ground 6 to 8 weeks before the ground freezes, typically September or October across zones 3 to 9. It pays you back the following May to June.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar: for the middle of its range, start with zone 6 in September.

The Allium family

One of 9 in the Allium family. Same family, similar care.

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