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Flower. Photo from R.V. Roger |
See photo of flower from Bulbmeister |
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Plant Name Click to Exit to Comparison Page or or link to |
Allium stipitatum 'Album' Allium is the Latin name for 'garlic'. Cited in The Garden (1997) 122 page 659. |
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Common Name |
Ornamental Onion |
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Soil |
Sand (Prefers Well-drained soil fertile soil, so mulch with 2 inches of garden compost or grass mowings after planting, followed by mown leaves with grass from lawns each autumn.) |
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Sun Aspect |
Full Sun and Part Shade |
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Soil Moisture |
Moist |
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Plant Type |
Herbaceous Bulb |
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Height x Spread in feet |
36 inches x 12 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 drumstick 4-6 inch spherical flowers on 48 green inch stem in May-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. "The most popular white drumstick allium, standing over 120cm (4ft) tall it adds height to any border or shrubbery. It also increases quite well." from R.V. Roger. Plant 5.6 inch diameter bulb at 4 inch depth and 8 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. Can be grown in pots. Plant with Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing', Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata 'Black Barlow', Artemesia ludoviviciana 'Valerie Finnis' and Deschampsia cespitosa. Plant with blue-flowering geraniums and Alchemilla mollis. Available from R.V. Roger and Choice Bulb Farms in USA as well as B & T World Seeds in USA |
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