Rob's plants home garden plants wildlife seed photos plant sale journal topics links guestbook Allium sphaerocephalon

 

Common name drumstick allium Family alliaceae Life cycle perennial bulb (Z4-9) Flowers purple (early summer) Size 3' Light sun Cultural notes ordinary garden soil (tolerates summer drought) Seed ripens late September About as vertical a habit as you can get - the stalk goes straight up, with a dense globular flower cluster at the top. At 2" around, the blooms aren't as large as those of some other ornamental onions, but they have their own grace. The photos below show the flowers' progression through bloom

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June 25

July 1

July 9

In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: the lane

Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list

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