Phil Savoie / Smeathmans furrow bee (Lasioglossum smeathmanellum) feeding on Allium flower. Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Keeled garlic flowers (Allium carinatum subsp. carinatum) flowers on black background, Julian Alps, Slovenia. July

Ross Hoddinott / Wild garlic (Allium ursinum) close-up, Combe Valley, Cornwall, UK. May 2014.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Wild garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) flowering in, woodland, Cornwall, England, UK, May.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Wild garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) flowering in woodland, Cornwall, England, UK, May.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Wild garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) flowering in woodland, Cornwall, England, UK, May.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Wild garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) in flower, controlled conditions, Cornwall, England, UK, May.

Colin Varndell / Ramsons / Wild Garlic / Buckrams (Allium ursinum) flower bud opening. Dorset, UK, April.

Edwin Giesbers / Rose garlic (Allium roseum) Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Edwin Giesbers / Rose garlic (Allium roseum) flowers, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Gary K. Smith / Home grown Onions ( Allium cepa) varieties 'Red baron', and 'new fen globe' drying off for winter storage, UK, August

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Naples garlic (Allium neapolitanum) flower buds, Akamas peninsula, Cyprus, May 2009