Tulbaghia 'Fairy Star'

Common Name:
Society Garlic ‘Fairy Star’

Description:
Tulbaghia 'Fairy Star' is a compact and elegant perennial valued for its delicate star-shaped flowers and clumping, grass-like foliage. This variety produces masses of soft, pale pink blooms with darker centres held on slender stems above neat green leaves. Flowering over an extended season, often from spring through autumn in Melbourne gardens, it adds a gentle yet showy display to borders, cottage gardens, or decorative pots. The foliage, like other forms of society garlic, carries a light garlic scent when crushed, which also helps deter some garden pests. Thriving in full sun to part shade and preferring free-draining soils, ‘Fairy Star’ is both heat and drought tolerant once established. Low maintenance and resilient, it is ideal for water-wise gardens, edging pathways, and mixing into perennial beds for soft, airy colour throughout the warmer months.

Form:
Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding

Mature Size:
Height: 30–40 cm
Width: 30–40 cm

Aspect:
Full Sun
Part Shade

Flowering:
Flowers in Spring
Flowers in Summer
Flowers in Autumn

Flower Colour:
Soft Pink
Pale Lilac
Deeper Pink Centres

Key Attributes:
Suitable for Pots
Perennial
Drought Tolerant
Low Maintenance
Bee Attracting
Edible Flowers (mild garlic flavour)
Heat Tolerant
Pest Resistant (due to garlic-scented foliage)
Excellent for Pathway Edging

Toxicity:
Not considered toxic to humans.
May be mildly toxic to pets (cats and dogs) if consumed in large quantities due to compounds similar to those found in garlic.

Companion Plants:
Agapanthus ‘Snowball’
Dietes grandiflora
Gaura lindheimeri
Lavandula dentata
Salvia ‘Heatwave Glitter’

Plant Growers Australia (PGA) is an innovative wholesale production nursery based in Melbourne, renowned for superior quality garden plants and pioneering breeding programs.
PGA do not sell direct to the public, but their website has detailed information on this species that is available for everyone to access. 
Visit www.pga.com.au for further details and photos of this plant.