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Allium aflatunense |
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Common name |
Persian onion |
Family |
alliaceae |
Life cycle |
perennial bulb (Z5-9) |
Flowers |
purple clusters, early summer |
Size |
18" |
Light |
full sun- part shade |
Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
From seed  |
easy, germinate at room temperature. stay small in first year, bloom second year, and more strongly in following years.
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Seed ripens | late August |
Purple-pink drumsticks atop strappy foliage from June into summer. For some reason, ours never get as full and round as some of the pictures I've seen - maybe because they get only part-day sun.
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list About my plant portraits
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