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Society Garlic: Seed Collection and Deer Resistance

Collect seed when capsules turn papery. Sow in spring—cold sensitive. Dry shade groundcover. Name from belief eating bulb prevents bad breath. Deer avoid it until desperate.

About Gardening: Garlic "Seeds": The Flower Head Isn't Seed—Plant Cloves Instead; Identifying a Mystery Pear Variety from Fruit and Seed; How to Get a Wildflower Identified from a Photograph; Mystery Aroid: Anthurium, Aglaonema, or Dieffenbachia?; Society Garlic (Tulbaghia violacea): Fragrant Foliage & Pink Blooms; Millet in the Yard: Birdseed Volunteer; Spigelia (Indian Pink): Native Woodland Wildflower; Selaginella: The Charming Club Moss for Shady Groundcover; Identifying Volunteer Sorghum: Birdseed Escapee; Garlic Volunteers in the Iris Bed: Edible Bonus

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