| |
Allium – Roseum The Allium roseum, Allium, has delicate, non-fading, little pink blooms with light green highlights that are lovely and long-lasting in borders or rock gardens. Wonderful as cut flowers and fragrant, too Easy to grow in any sunny, well-drained location, so plant them in groups of ten or more for an eye catching [...]
This is popularly known as the “Star.” It bears large heads of pure white flowers, and is suitable for borders, pots, or forcing in a cool house. Any common soil suits it. It is increased by off-sets. Being one of our earliest spring flowers, the bulbs should be planted early in autumn. Height, 1 ft. [...]
More recently called Allium sphaerocephalon. Popular name Drumsticks A hardy, bulbous perennial. Plant in October or November in any garden soil, and the flowers will be borne in July. Height, 1 ft. Allium – Blue Drumstick ”The Allium 'Blue Drumstick', Allium, has unusual flax-blue flower heads, approximately 1 1/2″” in diameter. It will tolerate poor [...]
see Allium Sphaerocephalon Allium – Blue Drumstick ”The Allium 'Blue Drumstick', Allium, has unusual flax-blue flower heads, approximately 1 1/2″” in diameter. It will tolerate poor garden soil; once established it will naturalize easily. Blue Drumstick is resistant to deer and makes excellent cut flowers. Easy to grow in any sunny, well-drained location, so plant [...]
Formerly known as Allium Descendens, Allium Sphaerocephalon is also known as round-headed leek, round-headed garlic, ball-head onion, and other variations on these names. Allium – Gladiator The Allium 'Gladiator', 'Allium', a fall planted ornamental onion bulb, produces beautiful violet – blue flowers. This showy giant produces large, violet-blue globular flowers. Plant them in groups of [...]
