Tulbaghia violacea Check with George That buried stem is an

That buried stem is an elegant answer to a harsh home: in a habitat shaped by periodic fire

some eight to ten inches long

This is a tree for the oak collector building a serious Quercus collection

The crop is modest beside a rabbiteye

and frayed nerves

Tulbaghia violacea Check with George That buried stem is anTulbaghia 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