General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Plant Height: 6 inches to 36 inches
Plant Spread: 12 inches
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Lavender
Mauve
Pink
White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Suitable as Annual
Dynamic Accumulator: K (Potassium)
Ca (Calcium)
Na (Sodium)
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Squirrels
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Bulbs
Other: Plant in the fall
Pollinators: Bees
Various insects
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Location: My garden
Date: May 18, 2009
#Pollination
Location: My garden
Date: May 27, 2017
These are seedlings from Allium 'Purple Sensation', but as such t
Location: Apple Valley MN
Date: 2017-12-07
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-04-26
Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2011-06-26
Location: Apple Valley MN
Date: 2018-10-20
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2009-06-13
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-05-12
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: central Illinois
Date: summer 2006
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-04-26
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-05-18
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-05-18
Allium skies
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-05-13
Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2014-04-28
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-05-12
Location: central Illinois
Date: summer 2006
Photo by gardengus
Location: central Illinois
Date: 5-7-13
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2014-06-12
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-05-24
Location: central Illinois
Date: 7-6-11
Location: Stockholm County, Sweden
Date: 2017-05-21
Allium slowly opening, full bloom expected in 3-4 weeks
Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2011-05-31
Location: Copenhagen Botanical Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2014-06-12
Location: z6a MA, My Garden
Date: 2012-08-25
Location: zone 8/9 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-02-10
Location: zone 8/9 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-02-10
Location: zone 8/9 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-02-10
Location: Botanical Garden München-Nymphenburg, Munich, Germany.
Date: May
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-21
Location: my garden zone 7A Cape Cod, MA
Date: 2017-05-19
Giant Allium
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-06-25
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Location: my garden zone 7A Cape Cod, MA
Date: 2017-05-19
Interesting juxtaposition.
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-06-01
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-06-01
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-05-13
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-05-21
Location: Orangeburg, SC
Date: 2017-06-19
Allium bloom (NOID)
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Comments:
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on Apr 28, 2013 11:03 PM concerning plant:
    Taken from wikipedia's page at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...

    "Allium is a monocot genus of flowering plants, informally referred to as the onion genus. The generic name Allium is the Latin word for garlic.[1]

    Allium species are herbaceous perennials with flowers produced on scapes. They grow from solitary or clustered tunicate bulbs and many have an onion odor and taste. Plants are perennialized by bulbs that reform annually from the base of the old bulb, or are produced on the ends of rhizomes or, in a few species, at the ends of stolons. A small number of species have tuberous roots. The bulbs' outer coats are commonly brown or grey, with a smooth texture, and are fibrous, or with cellular reticulation. The inner coats of the bulbs are membranous.

    Many alliums have basal leaves that commonly wither away from the tips downward before or while the plants flower, but some species have persistent foliage. Plants produce from one to 12 leaves, most species having linear, channeled or flat leaf blades. The leaf blades are straight or variously coiled, but some species have broad leaves, including A. victorialis and A. tricoccum. The leaves are sessile, and very rarely narrowed into a petiole."

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