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Allium senescens |
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| | Allium senescens ssp. glaucum |
| Common name |
broadleaf chives |
| Family |
alliaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z5) |
| Flowers |
pink (mid-late summer) |
| Size |
8" |
| Light |
sun |
From seed  |
germinate at room temperature
detailed seed-starting info below
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| Seed ripens | early October |
From tufts of foliage spring typical allium umbels of pink flowers. The glaucum subspecies has cool swirled leaves with elegantly rounded tips, which makes them look quite handsome indeed when mature plants attain a dense growth habit (which takes several years to attain, after starting from seed). One of my favorite alliums, in recent years.
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| | A. senescens subsp. glaucum flower |
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| | A. senescens subsp. glaucum nodding buds on sculpted stems |
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| | A. senescens subsp. glaucum foliage (early May) |
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| | Already very recognizable in earliest spring |
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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 senescens
- Seed from '03 trade. Baggy 70F (38+%G, 6-18d)
- Seed for ssp. montanum from '06 trade. Baggy 70F (98%G, 5d)
- Seed for ssp. montanum var. glaucum from HPS/MAG '07/'08 exchange. Baggy 70F (82%G, 8-13d)
- Seed for ssp. montanum var. glaucum from '09 garden. Baggy 70F (38%G, 6-9d)
- Seed for ssp. montanum var. glaucum from '12 garden. Baggy 70F (80%G, 7d)
- Seed for ssp. montanum var. glaucum from '13 garden. Baggy 70F (53%G, 5d)
- Seed for ssp. montanum var. glaucum from '14 garden. Baggy 70F (93%G, 5-7d)
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