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Allium porrum 'Mammoth Blanch'

leek 'Mammoth Blanch'

A hardy perennial grown as an annual vegetable. This is a superior exhibition variety with an extra long white blanch and thick, broad flat. The root system will improve heavy soils

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Size
Ultimate height
0.5–1 metres
Time to ultimate height
1 year
Ultimate spread
0.1–0.5 metres
Growing conditions
Sand
Loam
Clay
Chalk
Moisture
Well–drained
pH
Alkaline, Neutral
Colour & scent
StemFlowerFoliageFruit
Spring Green
Summer Green
Autumn Green
Winter Green
Position
  • Full sun
Aspect

South–facing or West–facing

Exposure
Sheltered
Hardiness
H4
Botanical details
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Foliage
Deciduous
Habit
Clump forming
Genus

Allium are bulbous herbaceous perennials with a strong onion or garlic scent, linear, strap-shaped or cylindrical basal leaves and star-shaped or bell-shaped flowers in an umbel on a leafless stem

Name status

Accepted

How to grow

Cultivation

Grow in fertile, moist but well drained soil in full sun. Start in modules indoors between Jan-Feb and transplant out in early Summer, or sow outdoors between Mar-Apr and earth up the stems during the growing season to increase the length of the blanched stem. See leek cultivation

Propagation

Propagate by seed. See sowing vegetable seeds

Suggested planting locations and garden types
Pruning

No pruning required

Pests

May be susceptible to onion fly

Diseases

May be susceptible to onion white rot, leek rust

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