About
This perennial bulb forms clumps and reaches a height of 40 cm. It features robust, narrow leaves in a medium green hue. In mid to late summer, it produces clusters of rose-pink, star-shaped flowers, each measuring up to 5 cm across, held on erect stems.
About the genus
Allium consists of bulbous herbaceous perennials characterized by a pronounced onion or garlic aroma. They feature linear, strap-like, or cylindrical leaves that arise from the base. The flowers, which can be star-shaped or bell-shaped, are arranged in an umbel atop a stem that lacks leaves.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H6
Plant details
- Plant type
- Bulbs
- Habit
- Clump forming
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Gravel garden, Patio and container plants, Wildlife gardens
- Fragrance
- Foliage
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in reasonably fertile, well-drained soil with full sun. The leaves generally die down before the flowers open. See allium cultivation advice
- Pruning
- No pruning required, other than to remove old flowered stems and foliage
- Propagation
- Propagate by division or propagate by offsets which can be carefully detached by lifting the bulb after flowering has finished. See bulb propagation
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to allium leaf miner and onion fly
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to onion white rot, and onion downy mildew