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Flower. Photo from Gee Tee Bulb |
See photo of foliage from American Meadows |
Form. See photo of Form from Tuinadvies |
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Plant Name Click to Exit to Comparison Page or or link to |
Allium stipitatum 'Mount Everest' (Allium 'Mount Everest') Allium is the Latin name for 'garlic'. |
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Common Name |
Persian Onion |
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Soil |
Chalk or Sand (Well-drained soil required) |
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Sun Aspect |
Full Sun |
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Soil Moisture |
Moist |
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Plant Type |
Herbaceous Bulb |
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Height x Spread in feet |
48 inches x 4 inches |
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Foliage |
Strap-like 2 inch wide Mid-Green leaves. |
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Flower Colour in Month(s). Fruit |
White star-shaped 4-6 inch spherical flowers on 48 inch stem in June. These flowers can be left on the plant for many months. |
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Comment |
Clump-forming Allium stipitatum is native to Turkestan, Afghanistan and central Asia and an excellent cut-flower (cut flowers last as long as 3 weeks). Plant at 8 inch depth and 6 inches apart in a gravel garden. Never plant at perfectly measured distances apart as this looks artificial - plant in clumps of 5, 7 or 9 in a staggered group so that they look more natural when they flower. Split and divide large clumps in autumn or spring. Plant with Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing', Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata 'Black Barlow', Artemesia ludoviviciana 'Valerie Finnis' and Deschampsia cespitosa. Available from Kevock Garden , Chiltern Seeds, Gee Tee Bulb with American Meadows and White Flower Farm in USA. |
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Single Flower. Photo from Kevock Garden Plants |
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