This thing sprouted in or backyard in Portland, OR. At first it looked like corn. Now pretty sure it's some type of onion (smell). It's pretty tall, aprox 5.5 feet. Any ideas?
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imgur.comPosted Jun 29, 2019, 11:58 PM UTC
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imgur.comYou can buy bulbs of these and plant them. They’re probably there on purpose.
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Gotcha. Seems like an odd thing to plant in the middle of the yard. I don't really dig it as an ornamental, but can understand some people might.
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Oh, it’s not in a bed? We get tulips in the yard because squirrels will dig them up and bury them elsewhere. Then promptly forget about them!
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They do that with crocuses and grape hyacinths too. Chionodoxa as well (blue squill, glory-of-the-snow).
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Good point. We do have alot of squirrel trees that pop up in our yard.
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Yeah, Leek Allium ampeloprasum
Thank you! Any idea how it may have gotten there? Could someone have just tossed some leek detritus in our backyard and have it grow a leek?
We have only owned the house 2 and a half years now, maybe it was dormant?
Maybe somebody's grocery bag sprung a leek.
Annnnnddd, that comment wins the week. Thanks for that. ❤
No problem. Just like chives etc. they seed abundantly and it's pretty easily spread, maybe there's someone with a slightly neglected veg patch in the neighbourhood and something more like the wild sort is naturalised some places.
Neglected neighbor garden? Bingo. Lol