SEED AVAILABLE:
- Warm 60 days, cold 90 days; repeat stratification cycle, or
- Best direct sown in fall in shade and kept moist
- 15+ seeds - packed in moist vermiculite and put into stratification cycle (fall 2025)
- May take 2 years to germinate, so be patient!
- NOTE: A few seeds began to germinate in cold and are now (19Mar2026) in warm; they are being potted up as they germinate...
PLANT PROFILE:
Zone: 3-7 Perennial
Height: 30cm [11.5in]
Spread: same; naturalizes in large patches
Bloom: Spring blooms, white (after leaves die down)
Foliage: Edible wide green leaf makes handsome early groundcover, then disappears for mid-late summer; best to harvest no more than 30% of foliage, and leave bulbs to reproduce another year
Fruit: Sets seed in June-July;
Light: Full sun best in spring, shade to part-shade for summer
Water: Not particular
Soil: Not particular
Garden Location: Prefers to be understory of deciduous trees; great in a woodland garden
Allium tricoccum (Ramps, Wild leek)
This is a native plant and its habitat is endangered, so we are trying to expand its territory and are very careful of the colonies we have. If you are interested in seed, let me know and I will collect seeds when they ripen in August-September. They must be stored moist or planted immediately, so I will hold them in moist vermiculite for a few months and cycle them through warm and cold periods. 15 seeds will sell for $5.
