Allium senescens (German garlic)
Other names: Broadleaf chives, Mountain garlic, Spiral onion, Curley chives, Curly chives, Mountain leek, Corkscrew onion, Ornamental onion
A. senescens is a vigorous, clump-forming, bulbous perennial with strap-shaped, mid-green leaves and erect stems bearing dense umbels of cup-shaped, purple-pink flowers in summer.
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0.2m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Allium wallichii (Wallich's garlic)
Other names: Himalayan onion
A. wallichii is an upright, bulbous perennial with linear, keeled, mid-green basal leaves, stem-clasping leaves, and erect stems bearing loose umbels of star-shaped, purple to purple-pink flowers in late summer and early autumn.
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0.1m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Allium 'Carlito' (Allium 'Carlito')
'Carlito' is a bulbous perennial with glossy, strap-shaped, mid-green basal leaves and, from late spring into summer, sturdy, erect stems bearing large, dense, rounded umbels of silvery, light purple, star-shaped flowers.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.75m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Allium 'Forelock' (Allium 'Forelock')
'Forelock' is a bulbous perennial with glossy, strap-shaped, mid-green basal leaves and from late spring into summer, sturdy, erect stems bearing conical, unusually tufted umbels of maroon flowers.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.75m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Allium 'Stratos' (Allium 'Stratos')
Other names: Giant allium 'Stratos'
'Stratos' is a bulbous perennial with glossy, strap-shaped, bright green basal leaves and, from late spring into summer, sturdy, erect stems bearing dense, rounded umbels of purple flowers.
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0.4m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
'Mars' is a bulbous perennial with strap-shaped leaves and spherical heads of reddish-purple flowers on tall upright stems in early summer.
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0.2m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Allium giganteum (Giant allium)
A. giganteum has spreading, strap-shaped basal leaves which die down before the flowers, and tall stems bearing round umbels of bright purple flowers in summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Allium 'Firmament' (Allium 'Firmament')
'Firmament' is a bulbous perennial, with strap-shaped, grey-green leaves. Star-shaped, deep-purple flowers are borne in spherical heads in early summer which are followed by attractive seed-heads.
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0.75m max. spread |
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0.75m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Allium 'Miami' (Allium 'Miami')
Other names: Ornamental onion 'Miami'
'Miami' is a clump-forming, bulbous perennial with glossy, strap-shaped, mid-green leaves and, in late spring and early summer, sturdy, erect stems bearing dense, dome-shaped umbels of small, star-shaped, reddish-purple flowers in summer.
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0.2m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Allium 'Spider' (Allium 'Spider')
Other names: Ornamental onion 'Spider'
'Spider' is a compact, upright, clump-forming, bulbous perennial with glossy, slightly aromatic, strap-shaped, dark green leaves and, in summer, sturdy, erect stems bearing large, umbels of fragrant, star-shaped, purple flowers on stems of varying lengths.
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0.2m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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