1. For more of Henry's pictures of Bulbils and of our experience growing Bulbils visit his photo gallery

2. The Bulbils develop when a flower stalk (scape) is allowed to mature. Bulbils …

3. Bulbils Bulbils are liny bulbs that grow on a stem above ground

4. Scape flower filled with Bulbils

5. Synonyms for Bulbils in Free Thesaurus

6. Bulbils are very small so it normally takes 2-3 years to grow full sized garlic from Bulbils.

7. A few other lilies produce these Bulbils …

8. There are several reasons to plant Bulbils, …

9. What does Bulbils mean? Plural form of bulbil

10. Bulbils form along the stem of the plant at leaf axils

11. Picture: 1) Bulbils in garlic 'seedhead' or umbel

12. See also our Growing Rocamboles from Bulbils page

13. Bulbils are like miniature round or oblong cloves

14. Got Garlic Bulbils? You may be able to plant them! When garlic scapes are left on the garlic plant, they will mature into garlic Bulbils

15. Bulbils are important vegetative reproductive organs in triploid Lilium lancifolium

16. I received seeds, not Bulbils, as the description indicated

17. Bulbils will take an extra year of growth before they begin to bloom.

18. The Tonkin hybrid 'Rascal' has two tiny Bulbils approx

19. Bulbils along the rachis on a Polystichum setiferum cultivar

20. Bulbils form when a scape is allowed to mature.

21. Your nursery is the place also for planting aerial Bulbils

22. Because Bulbils so readily propagate, learning how to grow plants from Bulbils makes for easy propagation as most can be harvested once they’ve matured.

23. Growing from Bulbils doesn’t involve and special equipment or extra cost — just a lot of patience and planning due to the fact that it takes years for Bulbils to produce mature garlic plants

24. There is an advantage to planting garlic Bulbils over cloves

25. Simply put, Bulbils are the offspring of their parent plant

26. You can grow high quality hardneck garlic from Bulbils or you can sprout the small Bulbils and use as a healthy addition in cooking or salads

27. The Bulbils divide into tiers, the second set of Bulbils producing green shoots, leaves or barren stems to bring the height of the plant to over 75cm

28. Bulbils will be harvested from our small farm in southwest Colorado

29. Bulbils can be an inexpensive way to build up your garlic supply

30. Growing from Bulbils also seems to increase the vitality of strains

31. We started Bulbils as a way to deal with coronavirus / lockdown

32. We refreshed our hardneck planting stock from Bulbils every few years

33. Bulbils are tiny, undivided bulbs produced in the scape of hardneck garlic

34. ‘The fine, young leaves of sprouted garlic Bulbils look like newly sprouted grass.’ ‘A unique feature of this flower is that the Bulbils appear in the leaf axils.’

35. ‘The fine, young leaves of sprouted garlic Bulbils look like newly sprouted grass.’ ‘A unique feature of this flower is that the Bulbils appear in the leaf axils.’

36. If you wish to minimize spreading, remove the Bulbils and dispose of them

37. So the answer is yes, you can easily grow garlic from Bulbils

38. During inflorescence development, flowers differentiate first and then Bulbils initiate between flower buds

39. Bulbils are the small seedlike bulbs that form on top of hardneck garlic

40. The tiny Bulbils will produce first-year plants that look like grass or miniature chives

41. Medium Bulbils (such as from Marble Purple Stripes) need to be around 1 inch across

42. The garlic scapes will form into garlic Bulbils if they are not cut off

43. They have star-shaped Bulbils produced at the nodes, generally 3-6 mm wide

44. Bulbils can be left in the ground until the top growth has turned brown

45. Or if you wish to propagate, you can carefully remove the Bulbils and pot them

46. 2 Pick off any Bulbils as they mature in the leaf axils on the stem

47. Essentially, the Bulbils are clones of the mother plant that can be planted to produce a …

48. Have you seen the little black “beads” on the stems of Tiger Lilies? These are stem Bulbils

49. Garlic is one of those plants that produces topsets, or Bulbils. Since hardneck garlic doesn't produce good seed – softneck doesn't even develop a flower stalk – Bulbils are a good way to grow a lot more garlic

50. While some species spread vigorously through seeds or Bulbils, many varieties do not spread at all

51. The garlic scapes will form into garlic Bulbils if they are not cut off the plant

52. There are various types of Bulbil plants in the garden realm that are able to reproduce via Bulbils instead of seeds

53. The larger Bulbils will produce first-year plants that are third- to half-size normal garlic plants.

54. Bulbils, called offsets when full-sized, fall or are removed and planted to produce new plants

55. We started Bulbils as a way to deal with the unfolding coronavirus crisis and resulting lockdown

56. The Bulbils below look like they are developing just as you saw on the Agave ‘Blue Glow’ above

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58. Garlic Bulbils are what most people will call garlic flowers, though they are not flowers at all

59. Bulbils and stem bulblets are easy ways to propagate lilies, but only a few cultivated lilies form them

60. In answer to your question, Yes, I drilled holes in the plastic tubs I used for planting Bulbils …

61. Bulbils, or top sets, offer an alternative approach to growing garlic that is economical and avoids soil borne disease

62. The next step most people just skip, because the reality is agave propagation from Bulbils isn’t rocket science.

63. Bulbil (plural Bulbils) ( botany ) A bulb-shaped bud in the place of a flower or in a leaf axil

64. Some lilies, such as the tiger lily Lilium lancifolium, form small bulbs, called Bulbils, in their leaf axils

65. Garlic Bulbils are the small bulbs that develop in the garlic scape if you leave the scape on the plant

66. They produce seed heads on top of the stalks with Bulbils (seeds) that can get up to marble-size

67. Lily Bulbils grow within the leaf axils, the spot where the base of the leaf attaches to the stem

68. Not necessarily – the Bulbils vary a LOT in size, from the size of a grain of rice on up

69. Bulbils are absolutely perfect for armchair & back porch gardeners – and just so handy to have on a windowsill

70. Growing garlic from Bulbils, the small round bulbs found in the scapes or stems of garlic, is generating new interest

71. Vegetative Apomixis: In this type of Apomixis, flowers are commonly replaced by some bulbils or various other types of propagules

72. Vineale produces a scape with an inflorescence containing Bulbils (asexual reproduction), flowers (sexual reproduction), or a combination of both.

73. Propagating from garlic plant Bulbils can revitalize garlic strains, thwart the transmission of soil-borne diseases and is economical as

74. Lignified vascular cells transport water and nutrients to the differentiating Bulbils, together with virus particles that are translocated from the older organs.

75. In yam (Dioscorea spp) species, Bulbils at leaf axils are the most striking species-specific axillary structure and exhibit important ecological niches

76. Several varieties of lily form small Bulbils on their stems from late summer to autumn, from which new plants can be propagated

77. A number of lily species such as Lilium candidum can be artificially induced to produce Bulbils by disbudding the plant just before flowering.

78. You can grow garlic bulbs from garlic Bulbils, it just may take up to three years for decent bulb size to develop.

79. Recent Examples on the Web These Bulbils, which are only about a centimeter long at their biggest, can transfer from lake to lake

80. The largest garlic Bulbils that resemble marbles (such as those from Rocamboleor Asiatic garlic) should be planted about 2-4 inches apart