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Allium cristophii |
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Synonym(s) |
Allium albopilosum |
Common name |
star of Persia |
Family |
alliaceae |
Life cycle |
perennial bulb (Z5-9) |
Flowers |
purple (mid-spring) |
Size |
2-3' |
Light |
sun-part shade |
From seed |
Germinate cold. detailed seed-starting info below
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Seed ripens | mid-July |
For years I tried getting seed-raised plants to bloom; last fall, I finally gave up and bought a bag of bulbs to plant. Wouldn't you know it - this spring, both the seed-raised ones and the purchased ones bloomed. Well worth the wait, too: striking globular flowerheads with purple flowers start in mid-May. And now that they are happy, they are actually seeding themselves around a bit, which I welcome.
| as the flowers fade and dry, they take on a silvery-tan hue, and maintain their presence just as forcefully |
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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 One or more images of this plant are included in my stock photo catalog About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Allium cristophii
- Seed from '00 trade. Baggy 35F (100%G, starting 5w)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 35F (95%G, 4-6w)
- Seed from '05 garden. Baggy 35F (5w; 60%G, 5w) - 70F (no further G)
Really prefers cold over warm for germinating. Growing on seedlings is tricky, since top growth withers after it forms a small bulb.
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