Winter leek
Saint Victor winter leek
Saint Victor winter leek: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
Saint Victor is a winter variety of cultivated leek, usually named Allium porrum or placed in the leek group of Allium ampeloprasum. It belongs to the family Amaryllidaceae, alongside onions and garlic. Its distinctive combination is a thick shank and upright blue-violet foliage. It is valued for cold tolerance and its place in a vegetable garden supplying autumn and winter crops. That suitability does not mean growth remains rapid throughout every cold spell, or that every plant develops to an identical size.The long, flat leaves overlap at their bases to form the shank, often called the white part of the leek. This consists of leaf sheaths gathered together, rather than a root or a large bulb comparable to an onion. The white section merges into pale green areas and then into the more strongly coloured foliage. Its length and thickness also depend on growing conditions. Blue to violet shades give…
