Purple garlic

When grown as an ornamental, this plant requires some protection from winter frosts. Treatment of seeds with a smoke solution has been shown to increase the purple garlic mass and height of T. Seeds exposed to aerosol smoke was also shown to lead to a higher seedling survival percentage.

In South Africa, Zulu people eat the leaves and flowers as a leaf vegetable like spinach or for seasoning meat and potatoes. Due to increasing evidence of its potential as an antifungal agent, large-scale commercialization is anticipated. However, this may make the Tulbaghia genus threatened as it is susceptible to overuse. Some fatalities and symptoms like gastro-enteritis, abdominal pain, cessation of gastro-intestinal peristalsis, sloughing of the intestinal mucosa, and contraction of the pupils, have been implicated in medication prepared with T. There has been speculation that T. It may smell like marijuana or skunk to those familiar with either smell. There have been instances in which concerned neighbors have contacted the police about the smell of cannabis in the neighborhood only to find out that the culprit was actually lemon verbena or society garlic.