Sorry - more Garlic ;¬)

Clicky "borrowed" a couple of bulbs for some recent photographic project.
Silly lass was talking in terms of returning them - WHY?
I, already, have 18 bulbs in the house, dry; and this lot, marching abreast housewards. I'm hardly likely to send round the bailifs for a couple of bulbs am I?
:¬)
On the left - Standard, "Hard-necks", apparently they store better than soft ones.
On the right - "Elephant" garlic. A bit milder; and, apparently, related as much to Leeks as Garlics.
If I hadn't so much, I was tempted by some I saw at a recent garden centre visit. It's common name, seemingly, is "Society Garlic" with rather attractive pink flowers.
(Common name?!? - I'd never heard of it outside the "Farmville-2" game.)
Posh (Gardeners' Latin) name - Tulbaghia violacea.

Having had curiosity perked up - went hunting - 2ice.
1ce. Which, it would appear is "also known as society garlic or pink agapanthus, is a species of flowering plant in the onion family Alliaceae, indigenous to southern Africa, and reportedly naturalized in Tanzania and Mexico."

2ice. "Many sources agree the bulbs and leaves of the society garlic plant are edible and can be used as a substitute for garlic and garlic chives. Society garlic is often sold as an herb. Flowers are edible as well and may be used for decoration on salads and deserts. The name of the society garlic plant stems from edible parts not leaving an offensive odor on one’s breath after eating it, but the bulb may be best left in the ground to continue the production of showy, fragrant flowers"
MUST have been written by an American? I MEAN:-
"An Erb" Come ON?!? As I keep pointing out - they NEVER drop the "H" when referring to a Heinous Crime on that prog of theirs:-
"Wotsname- Special Victims Unit".

I may yet be able to tell you.
;¬)
I might, also, find out if those wee bulbils can grow into normal bulbs?

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