General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Plant Height: 36 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Other: baseball size
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Dynamic Accumulator: K (Potassium)
Ca (Calcium)
Na (Sodium)
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Bulbs
Pollinators: Bees
Various insects
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Ornamental Onion
  • Flowering Onion

Photo Gallery
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2017-05-20
Location: Randall's Island, New York, New York
Date: 2020-05-25
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Botanical Garden near Brussels)
Date: 2014-05-21
Together with 'Violet Beauty'
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2016-06-09
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Botanical Garden near Brussels)
Date: 2014-05-21
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-06-13
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2017-06-03
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-05-14
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-05-24
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2019-04-12
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-24
WS Wanmenhoven plant stand at the 2022 flower show
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2015-05-16
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2016-06-06
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-05-03
purple alliums in the rear of pic/ Mt Everest are the front buds
Location: Chanticleer Garden
photo by Derek Ramsey.
Photo by NJBob
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2017-06-03
Location: SunZone 6a
Date: 2014-05-30

Date: 2005-06-03
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-04-13
Emerging
Location: central Illinois
Date: 5-5-12
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-05-10
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-05-08
Location: c
Date: 2011-05-08
Allium Night Skies
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2008-05-28
Location: SunZone 6a
Date: 2014-05-30
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-05-02
w/ BF and bee
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-06-26
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-05-13
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-05-13
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-07-01

Date: 2011-06-14
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Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Nov 4, 2011 1:16 PM concerning plant:
    Vigorous and reliable. Long stems make interesting photo opps from below.
    Baseball size flower groups.
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