Ornamental Onion (Allium 'Millenium')

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences:	Mesic Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 9b
Plant Height:	15 inches
Plant Spread:	18 - 22 inches
Leaves:	Fragrant
Flowers:	Showy Fragrant
Flower Color:	Purple Other: Rose-purple
Bloom Size:	1"-2"
Flower Time:	Summer Late summer or early fall Other: Deadheading flowers ensures more flowering throughout the season.
Underground structures:	Rhizome Bulb
Uses:	Cut Flower Will Naturalize
Dynamic Accumulator:	K (Potassium) Ca (Calcium) Na (Sodium)
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees Butterflies
Resistances:	Deer Resistant Rabbit Resistant Drought tolerant
Pollinators:	Bees Various insects
Containers:	Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Needs excellent drainage in pots
Awards and Recognitions:	Other: 2018 Perennial Plant of the Year Winner
Child plants:	one child plant

Common names

Ornamental Onion

Also sold as:

Allium x nutans 'Millennium'
Millennium

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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-07-29

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Location: My Garden, Willow Valley Communities, Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-07-26

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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-08-10
Great for the mid-late summer garden; 2018 Perennial Plant of the

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 8-29-19

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2018-07-16

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Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-29
Allium 'Millenium', 2017, [ornamental onion], AL-ee-um, 20in. #Bu

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2019-08-02

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Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-08-17
Bees can't get enough of the Millenium Allium <3

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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-07-13

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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-07-29

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Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2021-07-31

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2018-08-16

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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-11-29

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Location: Sangamon Co. Il.
Date: 2018-05-23

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Location: My Garden, Willow Valley Communities, Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-07-03

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Location: My garden, Willow Valley Communities, Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2019-07-25

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Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-10-01
"Allium 'Millenium', 2018 photo, Common Name: ornamental onion, S

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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2017-08-14

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Location: gardens at oldfields
Date: 2019-08-01
makes a nice border

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2019-10-10

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Location: My Garden, Willow Valley Communities, Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-07-24
Just beginning to bloom

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Location: My garden, Willow Valley Communities, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2022-07-21

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2018-04-06

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2018-08-18
#pollination Sulphur BF on Allium bloom

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Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission

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Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.

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Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2015-04-10

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Location: National Botanical Garden, DC, Virginia :) | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28

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Posted by csandt (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Jul 13, 2018 7:41 PM concerning plant:

Allium Millenium is featured in a list of the top ten perennials recommended for 2018:

http://www.perennials.com/cont...

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