Summer Flowering Allium
How to Propagate
and Grow Successfully

Summer flowering Allium originates from the temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere and are a genus of perennial rhizomatous or bulbous gardening plants.

There are around seven hundred different species.

Leaves are various shapes, linear, lance or strap like and are green, mid green, bright green or grey green. Some leaves are edible.

Flowers form in dense umbels at the end of tall spike stems and are lilac, pink, violet, white or yellow.

Essential info

Genus: Allium

Family: Alliaceae

Species: Campanulaatum

Common Names: Ornamental onion, Star of Persia.

Classification: Bulb.

Height: 30cm (12inches).

Flowering: Throughout summer.

Where to plant info

Grown in large groups of the same species these gardening plants will give you an outstanding display especially if grown as part of mixed borders with similar height plants but with contrasting colours and textures.

Where: Ideal for borders and beds.

Site: Ornamental onoin prefer full sun, they thrive in it!

Soil: Any rich and free draining soil.

Propagation info By seed in spring.

How to sow seeds….. read more

Or propagate by offsets in autumn.

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