Is this a weed? ....

If you let it seed it will take over your garden, though it's easy to pull up when young as it develops quite long roots when older. Personally I wouldn't encourage it in any way

I'm a bit suspicious of the assertion that it's biennial, the stuff that grows around my place (despite my annual eradication attempts) flowers in its first year.

Don't eat anything that you've foraged unless you are really sure that it's harmless .

I'd take an expert !

You can eat it .
It becomes less bitter when cooked .
It's best to eat young plants as older ones contain poison .

Garlic mustard can't be given to dogs .

I haven't tried it .

I do like nettles though .

Recently , I tried dandelion leaves - if you endive you might like them - I didn't !

I have an app on my mobile for plant identification. I use LeafSnap. Having put the photo on the app, it agrees with the ID of Garlic Mustard and gives other alternative names for the plant.

It's growing in the verges here so it's definitely a weed. Funnily enough I was just thinking yesterday that it's quite attractive but you might be overrun if you leave it!

BlueBelle

Ahh so looking it up online there seems a variety of different wild garlic This is what mine looks like
Obviously mines not like your photo always been told it was wild garlic and it’s a strong garlic smell
I m still alive 😂😂😂

As Casdon says, that is garlic chives or Syboes as we call it in Scotland, from the spring onion family.not as strong tasting as wild garlic. I have a clump of it along with ordinary chives and use one or the other finely chopped in salads or sprinkled over new potatoes.

Just looked up I-Spy books online - they do still exist and seem to be published jointly by Collins and Michelin.

BlueBelle

Ahh so looking it up online there seems a variety of different wild garlic This is what mine looks like
Obviously mines not like your photo always been told it was wild garlic and it’s a strong garlic smell
I m still alive 😂😂😂

Yours looks like cultivated garlic.

I've never had much luck growing it, yours looks good!

I get garlic mustard growing every year in the wild part of my garden. I don’t think I’ll try eating it!

Luckygirl3

Ah ... the wonderful I-Spy books! Do they still exist?

I don't know, but they were wonderful, weren't they!!

What a pity that children don't seem to use them now, they could be observing the world around them instead of gazing downwards at their phones.

Ah ... the wonderful I-Spy books! Do they still exist?

It’s definitely Jack by the Hedge, which I have learnt from this thread today is also called Garlic Mustard.
I remember it from my childhood days when we used to roam the fields, and I had the I spy Observer book of Wild Flowers. ((Remember those!) Not only did I tick them all off. I used to press and example and attaché it to the relevant page.

The garlic leaves are very different - and the plant is low to the ground - the weed I have is over 2 feet tall. Certainly no garlic smell. I will resist the temptation to eat it!

BlueBelle

I think you’re right Casdon ahh well live and learn we just call it wild garlic, all these years been wrong eh

BlueBelle I recognised it because I’ve got some, it’s really nice chopped up with rice dishes and salads.

I think you’re right Casdon ahh well live and learn we just call it wild garlic, all these years been wrong eh

BlueBelle

Ahh so looking it up online there seems a variety of different wild garlic This is what mine looks like
Obviously mines not like your photo always been told it was wild garlic and it’s a strong garlic smell
I m still alive 😂😂😂

That looks like garlic chives BlueBelle.

Ahh so looking it up online there seems a variety of different wild garlic This is what mine looks like
Obviously mines not like your photo always been told it was wild garlic and it’s a strong garlic smell
I m still alive 😂😂😂

Wild garlic makes good pesto……

Try again

BlueBelle

Definitely not wild garlic that has a really long skinny leaf

Wild garlic for comparison:

I know it as Jack by the hedge. It's a lovely wild flower.

Wisefalcon

Are the flowers yellowish in colour? If so yes it is mustard garlic. If they are white, I think it is wild garlic.

If you scrunch the knaves and smell them, that will at least confirm it is garlic.

Yes, it looks like garlic mustard.

I saw a pretty pale pink flower along verges in the countryside today, not one I'd noticed before in such profusion.
Could it be cuckooflower? Is it on the increase?

We couldn't stop to take a photo.

BlueBelle

Definitely not wild garlic that has a really long skinny leaf

Yes, it has.

Don't eat it unless you're sure.
If you do decide to eat it, please keep posting .....

Definitely not wild garlic that has a really long skinny leaf

Yes, garlic mustard. An invasive thug with traces of cyanide but it is edible. Lovely in salads.