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I seem to have a couple of different plants under the same name. I think that this one with a pale mark of lilac on the corona
is closest to the original but I may be wrong. In an article in 'Country Life' (2nd October 2022 ), John Hoyland says: "Of the several white-flowered cultivars, the most attractive is, perhaps, T. violacea ‘Pallida’, the white flowers of which have a hint of pink on the petals." Far Reaches Farm say: "Unlike the common folk of Tulbaghias this "society garlic" got the white-tie message and is rather the more fetching for it. Blushing pink buds opening to pure white or pale-pink flowers making for a picturesque plant I'd be happy to ask for a dance at the next gala, if only it wasn't for that impolite garlicky smell....well beggars for hardy South African bulbs can't be choosers I guess." |
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