Allium. cristophii

Allium. cernuum

syn A. murrayanum

Form: Bulb
Height: 4-12in (10-30cm)
Spread: 2-3in (5-8cm)
Foliage: Having 2 - 4 long, narrow, semi-erect, basal leaves.
Flowers: During spring the stem bears an umbel 2in (5cm) across of up to 30 small, purplish pink flowers.

Form: Bulb
Height: 6-8in (15-20cm)
Spread: 5-6in (12-15cm)
Foliage: Producing 1-3 broad, prostrate, basal, grey green leaves.
Flowers: In spring producing an almost stemless, spherical umbel 2-3in (5-7cm) across with 30-40 star-shaped, white to pinkish-white flowers with red centres.

Form: A clump forming bulb
Fully Hardy:
Height: 8-12in (20-30cm)
Spread: 2-4in (5-10cm)
Foliage: Producing linear, grey-green leaves.
Flowers: In late summer it bears pendant heads of bell shaped blue flowers

Syn: Allium. azureum

Form: A clump forming bulb
Height: 8-32in (20-80cm)
Spread: 4-6in (10-15cm)
Foliage: Narrow, erect leaves are held on the lower third of the slender flower stems
Flowers: The blue, 30-50 star-shaped, flowers are produced in dense, spherical, umbels of 1.25-1.75in (3-4cm) across during summer.  

Form: A clump forming bulb
Frost Hardy
Height: 4-12in (10-30cm)
Spread: 2-4in (5-10cm)
Foliage: Linear, semi-erect, basal leaves die away before flowering.
Flowers: Produces a domed umbel of 1-3in (2.5-7cm) across, carrying up to 30 small, star-shaped, pale pink, or white flowers. 

sub-species pulchellum Syn: Allium. pulchellum

Form: A clump forming bulb
Fully Hardy
Height: 12-24in (30-60cm)
Spread: 3-4in (8-10cm)
Foliage: Linear semi-erect leaves sheath the lower two thirds of the stem.
Flowers: During the summer producing an umbel of pendant cup-shaped, purple flowers.

Form: A clump forming bulb
Height: 12-28in (30-70cm)
Spread: 3-5in (8-12cm)
Foliage: Narrow, semi-erect, basal, leaves.
Flowers: In summer each stem produces up to 30 cup-shaped, pink or white, flowers in a loose, nodding umbel of .75-1.5in (2-4cm) across.

 

Allium. christophii

Allium. cowanii

Syn: Allium. albopilosum, Allium. christophii
Form: A bulb
Height: 6-16in (15-40cm)
Spread: 6-8in (15-20cm)
Foliage: Semi-erect, hairy, grey, leaves, which droop at the tips.
Flowers: In summer producing a large, spherical, umbel of 50 or more star-shaped, purplish-violet, flowers

 

Form: Tuft forming bulb
Fully Hardy
Height: 4-12in (10-30cm)
Spread: 2-3in (5-8cm)
Foliage: Leaves are thread-like and erect
Flowers: In summer each stem produces a small, dense, umbel of five or more pendant, cup-shaped, blue or violet-blue flowers 0.25in (0.5cm) long. 

Form: A clump forming bulb
Height: 6-12in (15-30cm)
Spread: 4-6in (10-15cm)
Foliage: Having tufts of narrow, erect, basal, leaves.
Flowers: In summer each stem produces a small, loose umbel 0.5-1.5in (1.5-4cm) wide, of up to 30 bell shaped, dark reddish-purple flowers, later turning to sharply pointed seeds.

Form: A clump forming bulb
Height: 4-14in (10-35cm)
Spread: 2-3in (5-8cm)
Foliage: Linear semi-erect leaves are produced on the lower half of the slender flower stem.
Flowers: In summer, loose umbels of up to 60 small, bell-shaped, yellow flowers are carried on thin arching stems

 

Form: Bulb
Height: up to 6ft (2m)
Spread: 12-14in (30-35cm)
Foliage: Long, wide, semi-erect, basal leaves.
Flowers: In summer a stout stem carries a dense spherical umbel 5in (12cm) across, of 50 or more star-shaped, purple, flowers.

Syn: Allium. aflatunense of gardens
Form: Bulb
Height: 3ft (1m) 
Spread: 4in (10cm)
Foliage: Mid-green, basal, leaves, die away by flowering time.
Flowers: In summer producing numerous star-shaped, purplish-pink, flowers in dense, spherical umbels 4in (10cm) across.

Form: A bulb
Height: 8in (20cm) 
Spread: 10-12in (25-30cm)
Foliage: Having narrow to elliptic, prostrate, basal, greyish-purple leaves.
Flowers: During late spring producing stems with a spherical umbel of 6in (15cm) or more across, carrying 50 or more star-shaped, pale purplish-pink flowers.

Form: Tuft forming bulb
Height: 8-12in (20-30cm)
Spread: 4-5in (10-12cm)
Foliage: Linear leaves on the lower part of the flower stems.
Flowers: In summer each slender flower-stem produces a loose umbel of up to 20 bell-shaped, deep-purple flowers, each 0.5in (1cm) long.

Form: A clump forming bulb
Height: 4-14in (10-35cm) 
Spread: 4-5in (10-12cm)
Foliage: 1-3 broad, semi-erect, basal, grey-green leaves.
Flowers: In summer, each stem, bears fairly dense umbels 1.5-3in (4-8cm) of up to 40 star-shaped yellow flowers

Syn: Allium. pedemontanum of gardens
Form: A clump forming bulb
Height: 6-12in (15-30cm) 
Spread: 3-4in (8-10cm)
Foliage: The flower stems carry very narrow, erect, grey-green leaves on the lower part of the flower stems.
Flowers: In summer producing an umbel of up to 15 bell-shaped, pinkish-purple flowers

Syn: Allium. cowanii
Form: Bulb
Height: 8-20in (20-50cm) 
Spread: 4-5in (10-12cm)
Foliage: Narrow, semi-erect leaves on the lower quarter of flower stems.
Flowers: In spring each stem produces an umbel, 2-4in (5-10cm) across, of up to 40 white flowers. 

Syn: Allium. ostrowskianum
Form: A dwarf bulb
Height: 2-4in (5-10cm)
Spread: 3-4in (8-10cm)
Foliage: Bulb with 2 narrow, semi-erect, basal leaves.
Flowers: This spring and early flowering bulb produces loose domed umbels of up to 10 widely bell shaped, deep rose-pink flowers

Form: A clump forming bulb
Height: 5-10in (12-25cm)
Spread: 2-4in (5-10cm)
Foliage: Dark-green, hollow, narrow, erect, leaves growing from the base.
Flowers: In summer stems carry up to 20 tiny pale-purple or pink flowers in a dense umbels up to 2in (5cm) across

Form: A bulb
Height: 12-24in (30-60cm) 
Spread: 6-8in (15-20cm)
Foliage: Widely strap-shaped, semi-erect, basal, leaves.
Flowers: In early summer producing large umbels of 40 or more star-shaped, pink to purple, flowers on unequal stems, followed by brown seed capsules.

Subspecies: Allium. senescens. montanum
Form: A vigorous clump forming bulb
Height: 18in (45cm)
Spread: 24in (60cm)
Foliage: Producing strap-shaped, often twisted, grey-green leaves.
Flowers: In summer carries dense umbels .75in (2cm) across, with up to 30 long-lasting, cup shaped, pink flowers.

Syn: Allium. kansuense
Form: A tuft forming bulb
Fully Hardy
Height: 4-10in (10-25cm)
Spread: 2-4in (5-10cm)
Foliage: Leaves are linear, erect, and basal.
Flowers: In summer, up to 15 bell-shaped, blue flowers 0.25-0.5in (1-2cm) long are borne in a small pendant umbel.

Form: Clump forming bulb.
Fully Hardy
Height: 24 in (60cm)
Spread: 3-4in (8-10cm)
Foliage: Linear, semi-erect leaves on the bottom third of thin wiry stems
Flowers: In summer producing a very dense umbel 0.75-1.5in (2-4cm) across, with up to 40 small, bell-shaped, pinkish-purple flowers.

Form: A bulb
Height: 3-4ft (1-1.5m) 
Spread: 6-8in (15-20cm)
Foliage: Strap-like, semi-erect, basal leaves.
Flowers: In summer producing 50 or more star-shaped, pinkish-purple flowers, in a spherical umbel 3-5in (8-12cm) in diameter

Allium. unifolium

Form: A bulb
Height: 12in (30cm) 
Spread: 3-4in (8-10cm)
Foliage: A single, semi-erect, basal, grey-green leaf.
Flowers: In late spring producing up to 30 purplish-pink flowers in a domed umbel 2in (5cm) across.

Cultivation: -

Some need fertile soil in semi-shade, and others a well drained fully sunny aspect

Propagation: -

By seed in in late summer, early autumn when fresh: or

By division after flowering

Fully Hardy

Pests & Diseases: - 

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