Allium
Ivory Queen, Kara Tau garlic
Allium karataviense, commonly called Turkistan onion, is a compact, bulbous perennial that is ornamentally grown for both its foliage and its flowers. It is native to the Karatau Mountains (hence the specific epithet) in Kazakhstan. Broad-elliptic, spreading, gray-green, basal leaves (each to 6-9” long and to 3-4” wide) appear in pairs.
Classification
Common Names: Ivory Queen, Kara Tau garlic
Family: Amaryllis
Variety: karataviense
allium karataviense 2.JPG: 2001-06-09 Allium karataviense |
Propagation Notes
Plant Type: Bulb
Propagation: Seed
Hardiness: Hardy H5-H1 (<-10)
Flowering Season: Mid summer
Easy to grow in fertile well-drained soil. Add grit when grown in clay soils to improve drainage
allium karavatiense.JPG: 2001-06-09 Allium ivory Queen closeup |
azure-flowered garlic
caeruleum is a bulbous perennial up to 80cm in height, with narrow leaves often withering by flowering time. Starry blue flowers are borne in compact, rounded clusters in early summer
Common Names: azure-flowered garlic
Family: Alliaceae
Variety: caeruleum
allium caeruleum.JPG: 2001-06-21 Allium Caeruleum blue flowered garlic |
Plant Type: Bulb
Propagation: Seed
Hardiness: Hardy H5-H1 (<-10)
Flowering Season: Mid summer
Propagate by seed, sowing in containers in a cold frame when just ripe or in the spring. Alternatively, remove offsets in autumn
Allium Globemaster
bulbous perennial with greyish green strap-shaped basal leaves. Large umbels of deep purple star-shaped flowers are produced in summer.
Strong onion or garlic scent.
If left undisturbed clumps can be formed. Plant at a depth of approximately 12cm.
Prone to white rot, downy mildew, eelworm, rust and onion fly.
Common Names: allium Globemaster
Family: Alliaceae
Variety: globemaster
DSC00478.jpg: 2020-11-14 alium |
DSC01512.jpg: 2020-11-14 Allium globe |
Plant Type: Bulb
Propagation: Seed
Hardiness: Semi Hardy H6 (-10)
Flowering Season: Mid summer
Propagate by seed, sowing in containers in a cold frame when just ripe or in the spring. Alternatively, remove offsets in autumn
allium globemaster.JPG: 2001-05-25 Allium Globemaster |
Golden Garlic, Ornamental Onion
A vigorous little allium bearing dense clusters of star-shaped, golden yellow flowers from late spring. Neat clumps of grey-green, strap-like foliage are quick to establish and will rapidly spread to naturalize beneath shrubs and throughout woodland areas. Allium moly is easy to grow, needing little attention throughout the season, and returning in a bigger and better display each year. Height: 15cm (6”) Spread: 5cm (2”).
Common Names: Golden Garlic, Ornamental Onion
Family: Alliaceae
Variety: moly
Allium moly.JPG: 2000-06-10 Golden Garlic |
Plant Type: Bulb
Propagation: Division
Hardiness: Hardy H5-H1 (<-10)
Flowering Season: Mid summer
Alliums thrive in light sandy, well drained soil in full sun. Avoid planting in cold wet soils as the bulbs are prone to rot in these conditions. Plant allium bulbs at a depth of 10cm (4”) and a distance of 10cm (4”) apart. A slow release fertilizer can be added to poor soils at the time of planting to improve fertility. When growing alliums, plant them where the leaves of other plants will cover the base of their stems. This will hide the old foliage which dies back before flowering begins.
Allium gigantium
Common Names: allium gigantium
Family: Giganteum
Variety:
allium giganteum.JPG: 2001-06-30 alllium |
Plant Type: Bulb
Propagation:
Hardiness:
Flowering Season:
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wild garlic
Common Names: wild garlic
Family: Alliaceae
Variety: ursinum
2020-12-26_19-53-49.png: 2020-12-26 Wild garlic seed packet |
Plant Type: Bulb
Propagation: Division
Hardiness: Hardy H5-H1 (<-10)
Flowering Season: Summer to autumn
Allium Drumstick Sphaerocephalon
Also known as “The Drumstick Allium.” This is a flower for every garden with dense, 1-2”, egg-shaped, crimson to purple flowers. In the garden, as a cut flower and in a dried arrangement, these flowers last for a long, long time. HZ: 4-9 24” – 30” July
Common Names: Allium Drumstick Sphaerocephalon
Family:
Variety: Sphaerocephalon
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Plant Type: Bulb
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Hardiness: Hardy H5-H1 (<-10)
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2024-01-26: Sow seed for Allium cernuum in pods
2024-01-06: Recieved a bag of 20 Allium as a present: Purple sensation, Mount Everest, Violet Beauty and Graceful beauty. Planted all the Alliums in a single container to see what they do
2023-11-30: Received Allium cernuum variety seed from Dobbies