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Golden Garlic
Allium moly
Also called ornamental onion, flowering onion and lily leek
Golden Garlic blooms from May through June.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
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 (checked).
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
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 in zone 6, the middle of its hardy 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; if you garden near zone 6, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 6 in September. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Golden Garlic get?
10 intall5 ft 7 inan adult4 inwideSee Golden Garlic in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
Where these facts come from
Golden Garlic's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, years to mature size, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 8 published sources on August 23, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- NC State ExtensionPlant Toolboxheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, years to mature size, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- Missouri Botanical GardenPlant Finderheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Societyheight, spread, sun, water, bloom months and color, years to mature size, soil, diseases and pests
- colorblends.comColorblends Wholesale Flowerbulbsheight, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil and pests
- plants.homesteadgardens.comHomestead Gardens plant catalogspread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil and pests
- Holland Bulb Farmsheight, bloom months and color and soil
- planttalk.colostate.eduPlantTalk Colorado, Colorado State University Extensionheight, bloom months and color and years to mature size
- merckvetmanual.comMerck Veterinary Manualtoxicity
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
Good to know about Golden Garlic
Curated from university extensions, botanic gardens and other primary sources, with the source named on every note.
Safety
Toxic to dogs, cats and horses: onion-family compounds damage red blood cells, causing Heinz-body hemolytic anemia. Cats are the most sensitive, and signs can lag days. per ASPCA and Merck
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