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Allium scorodoprasum (Sand leek)

Other names: Rocambole

A. scorodoprasum is an upright, bulbous perennial with broadly linear, slightly keeled, mid-green leaves, rough on the edge, and erect stems bearing spherical umbels of stalked, reddish-purple flowers from late spring to late summer.
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0.15m max. spread

0.25m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium 'Eros' (Allium 'Eros')

Other names: Ornamental onion 'Eros'

'Eros' is a compact, clump-forming, bulbous perennial with strap-shaped, mid- to dark green leaves and sturdy, erect stems bearing rounded, open umbels of small, star-shaped, lilac-pink flowers in early summer.
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0.1m max. spread

0.35m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium cernuum (Lady's leek )

Other names: Nodding wild onion, Nodding onion, Wild onion

A. cernuum is a clump-forming, deciduous, bulbous perennial with narrowly strap-shaped, dark grey-green leaves and sturdy stems bearing pendent umbels of bell-shaped, pink flowers in summer.
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0.15m max. spread

0.5m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium caeruleum (Azure-flowered garlic)

Other names: Blue-flowered garlic, Allium azureum , Allium 'Azureum', Allium caeruleum azureum, Allium coerulescens, Blue of the heavens, Blue globe onion

A. caeruleum is a clump-forming, bulbous perennial with linear, grey-green leaves and erect stems bearing compact, dense, rounded clusters of blue flowers in early summer.
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0.1m max. spread

1m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium flavum (Yellow-flowered allium)

A. flavum is a deciduous bulb, with narrow leaves and small, bell-shaped, yellow flowers in loose umbels in early summer.
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0.5m max. spread

0.4m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium nigrum (Black garlic)

Other names: Allium multibulbosum, Broad-leaved onion , Allium afrum, Allium bauerianum, Allium magicum, Allium paucibulbosum, Kalabotis nigrum

A. nigrum is a bulbous perennial with strap-shaped leaves. In mid-summer, it produces globular heads of white, star-shaped flowers on upright stems. It gets its name from the dark centres to its flowers.
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0.4m max. spread

0.45m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium falcifolium (Sickle-headed garlic)

Other names: Coast flatstem onion, Scythe-leaf onion, Sickle-leaf onion

A. falcifolium is a clump-forming, bulbous perennial with strap-shaped, grey-green leaves and short, upright stems bearing umbels of slender, goblet-shaped, crimson to reddish-purple flowers in spring.
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0.15m max. spread

0.2m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium cyaneum (Dark blue garlic)

Other names: Allium purdomii, Allium beesianum, Blue onion, Ornamental onion

A. cyaneum is a clump-forming, bulbous perennial with short, spreading rhizomes, grass-like, dark green leaves, and umbels of bell-shaped, blue flowers in summer.
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0.1m max. spread

0.25m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium insubricum (Lombardy garlic )

A. insubricum is a clump-forming, bulbous perennial with flat, linear, slightly twisted, mid-green leaves and clusters of large, nodding, bell-shaped, purple-pink flowers in summer.
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0.1m max. spread

0.25m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium nutans (Blue chives)

Other names: Siberian chives, Siberian garlic chives, Flat-stalked garlic

A. nutans is a bulbous, aromatic, clump-forming perennial with flat, broadly linear, blue to grey-green leaves and erect stems bearing dense, spherical, pale pink flowers in summer.
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0.3m max. spread

0.6m max. height

2-5 years to maturity