Mystery Solved!

After much discussion at Pitch and Stitch this morning of the strange 'grass' growing on our bank, I took on board that most people thought it was a type of Allium.  A quick picture search later I am able to identify it:

Allium vineale 'Hair', is a bizarre and pleasingly unusual type of Allium with a crazy bad-hair-day flowerhead. Flowering from June through to August, the centre is purple and is surrounded by an umbel of elongated and wildly erratic green hair-like tendrils which are in fact new plantlets growing from the flowerhead.

A selected form of Crow Garlic, it is fully hardy and a dramatic addition to any garden, very different from the pompom shape of most Alliums. It is edible and the type species was often used in days gone-by in cooking as a garlic substitute.

 

Perhaps I'll incorporate it into our salads!

 

Anyway - the weekend went really well and so much work was done, with lots of new techniques

mastered

 

 

 

can't wait to see them finished