Allium
These popular summer-flowering Allium bulbs are mostly taller than our usual subjects. Alliums are easy to grow in a light well-drained soil in full sun and are the perfect compliment for herbaceous plants and grasses.
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Alliums for the Herbaceous Border
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Alliums for the Herbaceous Border
These drumstick alliums are perfect early summer flowering bulbs to add interest to a sunny border where they follow on from the tulips and fill the gap before most herbaceous prerennials start flowering. Many of the seed heads will dry for indoor decoration. Plant in well drained soil in full sun. Planting information will be sent with your collection.
5 x Allium cristophii
10 x Allium Hollandicum
3 x Allium Mount Everest
5 x Allium Purple Rain
5 x Allium Purple Sensation
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caeruleum
BM5002
Allium caeruleum (azureum).
This allium makes up for its small head size with its colour. Small dense balls of deep sky-blue on wiry stems. Plant in tight clumps for maximum effect. Wonderful with pink Oenothera Siskiou at Wisley or in front of yellow violas. Plant in the autumn in well drained soil in full sun.
Height: 18"
Flowering: June - July
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cristophii
BM5003
Allium christophii.
This is one of the most instantly recognisable alliums. Flowers freely in June, bearing large heads, up to 25cm (10”), of star-shaped amethyst-violet flowers with a metallic sheen. These dry well and can be left in the garden, where they will seed around gently, or be cut for indoor decoration. Excellent towards the front of a sunny border, or they can even be grown under trees in part shade. They will also grow in grass for something very exotic!
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 24"
Flowers: June
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Globemaster
BM5009
Allium Globemaster.
Spectacular heads filled with rich purple flowers on stiff stems above neat, glossy green foliage. Not too tall. One of the very best,long lasting, increasing well and having reasonably good looking leaves! .Grow in a well drained soil in full sun. Good with ornamental grasses.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 36"
Flowers: May - June
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Graceful
BM5028
This delightful small flowered allium was originally called Graceful Beauty but the powers that be decreed that the beauty could not be used, hence the truncated name. It is a star in the RHS Allium Trial at Wisley. Masses of pure white flowers that last for ages. Front of sunny border.
Height: 9"
Flowers: July
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Hollandicum (aflatunense)
BM5000
(aflatunense) The new name for a popular border allium which is probably a hybrid and not a species. A really beautiful drumstick allium with relatively small open heads of purple-lilac florets. Easy in any sunny well drained soil. Good with grasses or will happily grow through a herbaceous border.
Height: 30"
Flowers: May - June
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Miami
BM5034
Allium Miami is a fantasticnew hybrid between A. cristophii and the very dark purple A. atropurpureum. It is one of the very best late flowering hybrids adding drama to a border. .
The deep purple flowers start flat and gradually expand to take a more star like form. Late flowering so useful.Wonderful with grasses or at the back of a border.
Height: 3'6"
Flowers: June - July
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Mount Everest
BM5014
Allium Mount Everest is an excellent allium with large heads of white flowers on stiff stems. Good middle of the border plant. I use it behind white dutch iris which flower at the same time. Plant in well drained soil in full sun. Long lasting.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 30"
Flowers: June
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moly 'Jeannine'
BM5041
Allium moly 'Jeannine'
Exceptionally large heads of golden- yellow, often two to a bulb. A great improvement on A. moly as it does not seed around.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 12"
Flowering: May - June
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nigrum
BM5015
Allium nigrum.
Flattish heads of white flowers with a deep green central ovary to each. An easy bulb for a sunny border or part shade. I use it as a foil for red oriental poppies. The seed heads are not conventional allium shape but stay looking good right into the winter.
Height: 30"
Flowers: May
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Purple Rain
BM5035
Allium 'Purple Rain'.
One of the very best new hybrids with open heads of deep purple slightly spikey flowers. A fantastic new hybrid with A cristophii. The heads are slightly larger than Purple Sensation and it flowers slightly later so good to follow on. A vigorous variety. Outstanding in the RHS trial of drumstick allium.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 36"
Flowers: June
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Purple Sensation
BM5016
Allium Purple Sensation.
Similar to hollandicum but with intense violet-purple flowers. Spectacular with grasses or will grow happily in a sunny border behind herbaceous geraniums. Vegetative propagation not seed raised so one of the best coloured forms. Plant in well drained soil in full sun.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 30"
Flowers: May - June
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schubertii
BM5017
Allium schubertii.
A very beautiful species with rose-red flowers on long pedicels of varying length, like a fireworks sparkler. Needs a sunny, sheltered position. One of the best for drying - the seed heads are very dramatic.
Height: 24"
Flowers: June
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siculum (Nectaroscordum)
BM5761
Allium siculum (Nectaroscordum).
Most unusual - the flowers are held in loosely hanging umbels of up to thirty breamy-green bell-shaped florets flushed with purple. Ideal for flower arrangements.An allium relative. Plant in a well drained soil in sun or part shade. I grow it in grass under apple trees where it seeds around.
Height: 36"
Flowers: May - June
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sphaerocephalon
BM5018
Allium sphaerocephalon
Small flame-shaped heads of intense reddish-mauve on slender stems with narrow threadlike leaves. Sometimes called the shuttlecock allium. Very effective when massed in tight clumps in a sunny border. and particularly good with grasses or lavender. Bees love it. Plant in a well drained soil in full sun for best results.
Award of Garden Merit by the RHS
Height: 2ft
Flowers: June - July
